teenager

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Robin was inspired by a story she says the late Hollywood producer Robert Evans told her when she was a teenager, about red phones being brought to the table at a Los Angeles restaurant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

The Janet Jackson that “Control” unleashed on the world was a teenager shaking off the dust of two forgettable pop albums and a misguided elopement with another pop star, James DeBarge, when she was 18.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

The club held a minute applause for the teenager and a football shirt was signed in his memory.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

He was active in Boy Scouts and as a teenager joined a mountaineering club that sponsored climbs on the nearby Olympic and Cascade ranges.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

She turned to Max, and somehow in that split second, she could see him as the kindergartener he’d once been, as well as the teenager he was about to become.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix