childhood

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What a setback for anyone who saw a childhood ruined by Bucky Dent, or yanks the plug when the jukebox cranks up Billy Joel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

"The last Messi is always the best Messi," Pablo Aimar - his childhood idol - once said.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

He convinces his childhood best friend to let him co-host his son’s wedding alongside a “younger and flashier” wedding MC — played by Gold —who had already been hired.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

For a second opinion with close ties to childhood nonsense, I asked my Magic 8 Ball.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

He’d blamed it for most of the bad parts of his childhood, for the death of his own father.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray