childhood
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Meanwhile, two delis near her childhood home in Chappaqua, N.Y., have added Caesar wraps to their menus in her honor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Walking out from one such building next to a makeshift morgue, Shobha Adhikary told a local coordinator she believed one image showed her childhood best friend.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
The Daily Express says a "childhood sweetheart" of Virginia Giuffre fears Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's staff "won't cooperate" with police investigations.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Still, he does not believe public schools must provide all early childhood education themselves.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
The cure was usually a long process—sometimes lasting years—starting first with childhood memories and even, if possible, memories formed in utero.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Though the Womacks come from a line of West Virginian horse breeders, there was nothing Americana about the childhoods of BG, Zeimani and Kucha.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
As if their unconventional childhoods weren’t troubled enough, Asa and Yuru’s twinship comes with another heavy burden: saving the world.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Over one-third of American children and a staggering 53 percent of Black children will be subjected to a child protective services investigation at some point in their childhoods.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
"This resolution will ensure we are prioritising important skills and learning experiences for students, while protecting their childhoods and well-being by setting research-based screen time limits."
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
Yet his siblings, with the same parents and same unsettled childhoods, followed a more conventional path in adulthood.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
