child

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The film "Michael" chronicles the legendary artist's rise from a child star to one of the world's most famous pop icons, and arrives 16 years after his death.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

Our only son, Hersh, our eldest child, had just turned 23 four days before.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

When Amanda Coulson was a child, she visited her mother at work at a hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

The child was struck by a black Infiniti FX30D on Anchor Drive, in Ellesmere Port, at about 11:40 BST on Sunday, Cheshire Police said.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

By the middle of hard winter I thought I was Sergeant Preston—a Mountie on a radio show I had listened to as a child.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen