childhood
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Brunson comes from an NBA family, but his childhood was hardly one of limitless luxury.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Saar traces her habit of rescuing discarded materials to her childhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Deep observers of his catalog also view it as his most biographical feature, citing how closely Satsuki and Mei’s bucolic retreat resembles a chapter in the filmmaker’s childhood when his own mother was gravely ill.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Nuttakarn "Mint" Sevoy, 30, came for her childhood friend Top Sarobol who, like many killed on Sunday night, is believed to have died from smoke inhalation.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
I run my fingers over the tiny valleys made by the pen that pressed against these pages so long ago, and I remember the only thing Gram ever told me about her childhood.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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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
Rothwell's role in Coronation Street had been written with him in mind - as the creator Tony Warren had worked with him during their childhoods on BBC Radio's Children's Hour.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
More immediately, many parents fret about whether they have made a wise decision in trading their children’s childhoods for cash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
The siblings, who spent their childhoods on the road and in recording studios with him, joke that he was always doing a benefit show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2026
When he was younger, he had admired people with moneyed childhoods and foreign accents, but he had come to sense an unvoiced yearning in them, a sad search for something they could never find.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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