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childhood

[chahyld-hood] / ˈtʃaɪld hʊd /


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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

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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