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childhood

[chahyld-hood] / ˈtʃaɪld hʊd /


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‘She’s living the dream’: My stepmother said I can buy my childhood home for $850,000.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

After nearly 50 years of exile, he hoped the events of that day meant he could soon go back and see what became of his childhood home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Although more research is necessary before these findings can be used in clinical practice, the study provides a new way to investigate how the autistic brain processes faces and how those responses change throughout childhood.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Cue the start of a 14-year career with her childhood club during which she won 38 trophies, including 10 league titles and four European cups.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

She explains that she had been taught from childhood to respect priests and what they represent in the Catholic religion, but she is finding it more and more difficult to do so.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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

Six players – England's Owen Hargreaves, Graeme Le Saux and Tony Dorigo, plus Scotland's Lyndon Dykes, Richard Gough and John Hewie – spent their entire childhoods abroad and are excluded from the analysis.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

Well, we are currently living through country-changing upheaval, and instead of feeling thrilled, it’s making me and my friends nostalgic for our steady, bland childhoods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

Kat, Paris, Rio, and Sydney had all survived difficult childhoods filled with poverty and heartbreak.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti


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