orphanage
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A carer working at the orphanage was amongst those who died, according to the AFP news agency quoting a police report.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
When Korkejian’s mother was 7, her own mother placed her in an orphanage on the Lebanese coast to protect her from her father.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Instead of being cared for in the orphanage, the two children were adopted together in Denmark, like tens of thousands of others sent overseas in a state-sanctioned practice that lasted decades.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
Eleven-year-old Margot “Meg” Lefleur, one of the two narrators of Kathryn Stockett’s historical novel “The Calamity Club,” has been a resident of an orphanage in Oxford, Miss., since 1931—two miserable years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
If that had happened, it’s very possible I never would’ve been taken to an orphanage.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
Not much later, I would consider the role of language in disguising accountability during an investigation into mistreatment of children in Russian orphanages.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
It also demanded a nationwide review of fire safety standards at orphanages, care homes, hospitals and schools.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Catholicism had long done exceptional charitable work in the U.S., running hospitals, orphanages, shelters, soup kitchens and more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Born in Los Angeles on June 1, 1926, Monroe had an unstable childhood spent between orphanages and foster homes.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
In any other circumstance, he and Kamau would have been sent to one of the city’s orphanages, and perhaps they would have been separated, but his brother hadn’t let that happen.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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