teenager
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I couldn’t claim to be surprised by any of this, exactly—I was a teenager in the immediate post-9/11 years and knew how ugly it could get—but it was still stunning to see.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026
The boy's mother, Elizabeth Barkley, told reporters the teenager had "only a few scratches" and seemed fit and healthy.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Every teenager with a credit card has used this method.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026
That could be a criminal crew, a foreign intelligence service or a bored teenager.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
“I shouldn’t let her get to me. I mean, we’re talking about someone who felt the need to prove she was a badass at the expense of a random teenager asking a completely valid question.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Holding a clipboard, wearing a baseball cap backward and chewing on a white whistle, Derek Fisher of Lakers fame is in the Crespi High gym teaching fundamentals to a group of locked-in teenagers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2026
Two are now adults, three are teenagers, and the youngest is nine.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026
For all of its one-and-dones, college basketball is still full of players legally old enough to drink who are eager to show off their muscle against a bunch of teenagers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
Social media is one of the places teenagers look to as they try to make sense of themselves and the world, she says.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Imagine thousands of children and teenagers all in one place, with only a handful of adults.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
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