children

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So when, at the first eat-in, at the Sands that February, the children defaulted to ordering hamburgers, Duncan barked to the waiters: “No, they do not want hamburgers. They want steak and lobster.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Goodstein said that a quarter of those were women, while nearly 10 percent were children, including unaccompanied minors and newborns.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

"We don't want other families to have to grieve their children."

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

She told the Las Vegas Review-Journal her proudest accomplishment was “making sure I got all my children through high school and college”—and she wound up being awarded several honorary degrees herself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The children inched backward, clotting near the river’s edge, their wide eyes fixed on the bushes.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman