pubescent
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My face was also dotted with bright, red bites that accompanied my pubescent pimples.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026
Plotwise, the movie tracks the anxious lead-up to Stacy’s bat mitzvah and the pubescent social swirl that surrounds it.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2023
All these form an enormous playground where monumental things happen at inopportune times, each song a zoetrope world built for consoling and commiserating with the pains of being pubescent.
From Washington Post • Jan. 17, 2023
His high-pitched voice would rise until it gave a pubescent crack, then he would return to normal as if all the air was out of the balloon.
From Slate • Mar. 2, 2021
He appeared barely pubescent but was walking with the dignity of a man double his age.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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