child
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Christian Cousins, the former child actor who starred as Dominic Palmieri in the 1990 movie “Kindergarten Cop,” has died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
What makes his expertise particularly unique is that he suffered from a pectus deformity himself as a child and underwent surgery at 17.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
A worrier as a child, Victor looked under his bed every night before he went to sleep until he was around 11.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Whoever you choose, whether it’s an adult child, a relative, or a professional executor, you should have multiple discussions about the role they will take on and what you want to happen after you die.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
She sounded like a child, not the tough fifteen-year-old she was.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
She told BBC Wales' Sunday Supplement in October that her interest in the area was partly shaped by family experience, with three of her children on the autistic spectrum.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026
Monica Anderson, who works in customer service from home, said her children are disappointed if the drone arrives when they’re at school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026
She also feels that children were "sometimes left in care for too long".
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026
Kelly hopes the spacecraft will inspire children for generations to come.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
Each year the children had grown older, bolder, louder; but Clare had never thought they would trespass into his beloved Deadwood.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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