childhood
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From childhood prodigy to AI pioneer to Nobel Prize winner, Demis Hassabis has always had a simple plan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
He voiced a version of himself as Sterling Archer’s childhood hero in four episodes of FX’s adult animated series “Archer” from 2015 to 2019.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Your childhood home, legally and morally, belonged to your father.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
But his childhood gives no hint of what is to come.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
After all, at sixteen she was nearer a grown-up than a child, but she had missed a great deal of what most people think of as childhood, and now she could have her fill.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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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
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
If the Olympic Peninsula truly is heart medicine for them, considering what happened in their childhoods.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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