children
Example Sentences
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Instead of worrying about paying for groceries, Martinez said, they worry about how to make sure their children aren’t spoiled in a town where some teens drive luxury cars to high school.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
“If a high number of those children are not getting the follow-up care, we may just be fooling ourselves and checking a box,” Chung said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
His one long relationship lasted over three decades, even as his partner married and had children.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
In fact, the organization encourages parents to learn alongside their children.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026
Then all at once he was telling me about his wife and children in Bremen, about their garden, their dogs, their summer hiking vacations.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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