juvie
Example Sentences
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“I’m from St. Louis. I ain’t ever been to juvie a day in my life.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
We don’t need to guess the Q words, since all such solution words also have the letter U. That makes juvie our best guess.
From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2022
Seventeen years later, when she returns to the Hamptons as Emily, the same canine bounds up to her as if she never got sent to juvie!
From The Guardian ● May 25, 2012
I wonder if he has been to juvie before, but decide I don’t really care.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2012
I think of Ford in juvie, and I feel nauseous.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
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