teenager

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Born in Istanbul, Isak Andic moved with his family to Barcelona from Turkey as a teenager in the late 1960s.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was originally charged with murder, but pled guilty to the lesser charge of culpable homicide.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Parents should try to break the echo chamber in which the child or teenager is receiving their information.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

"For me, when I was a kid, and coming here as a teenager with the boys, and when I come here as an adult, there's this feeling that it's not quite a reality," he explains.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

I’d heard the story of Dad fainting at the doctor’s office when he was a teenager, probably more times than he’d actually fainted.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas