foster child
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She said she believed the theft may have been a part of a coping mechanism and likened herself to a foster child who may hoard items or food as a means of soothing themselves.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2025
In 2009 movie The Blind Side, Michael Oher, a foster child in Tennessee, is adopted by a wealthy white couple and blooms into a star college athlete.
From BBC • Aug. 14, 2023
From his time as a foster child, Saka said: “I know what it’s like to feel uprooted and swept away.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2023
Him being a foster child feels like a significant piece of things.
From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2023
That spring Vivian, a foster child who was slightly younger than me, moved in and slept on a cot in Mrs. Chavez’s room.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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