child
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Leslie recalled walking around Los Angeles as a child.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Several allegedly claimed to have provided child care at their homes when border-crossing records showed they weren’t in the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
When child services representatives express their shock that the teenage Gheorghiu children don’t have internet access at home, can’t go on YouTube, and — gasp! — don’t have smartphones, their surprise blunts Mungiu’s sharp point.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
For Edgar-Jones, the theme of sisterhood is something that stuck with her from Sense and Sensibility - despite her being an only child in real life.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
But as your twin, it worries me that I’ll soon be an only child.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
The distance from her children produced another kind of line: text.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
“Second of all, I have a record of protecting women and children that’s unparalleled.”
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026
More than 100 experts and families with experience of mental health problems have worked on the review with Fonagy, a clinical psychologist and adviser to NHS England on children and young people's mental health.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Given that you have no children, the surviving spouse would almost certainly inherit most or all marital assets.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
He cringed and quietly begged the children to stop, stuffed moss in his one good ear and went to bed early on that dreadful night.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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