growing pains

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Anything higher isn’t a pilot with growing pains.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

But investigations found he had been accidentally poisoned with an overdose of vitamin D that had been prescribed for growing pains.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Steve, what was important for you to show about this relationship between a father and an adult daughter with both of them still going through growing pains?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

Overcoming what felt like constant production problems and growing pains, the company sold enough of the cars in the first quarter of 2013 to eke out a slim profit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Arthur said: "After all, Galahad is only a child! He has growing pains, perhaps. I don’t think we ought to judge him unkindly for little faults of social intercourse."

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White