teenage years

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I know for a fact that I am far from alone among baby boomers in having spent a great deal of my childhood and teenage years absorbing baseball lore.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, he spent his teenage years in the U.S., growing up in a community of seamstresses and store owners who always found reasons to do more rather than less.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

In his desire to leave "no stone unturned", last year Baker revealed he drinks bone broth to help stave off the stress fractures that dogged his teenage years.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

These are all facets of Michaels covered in the documentary, but I learned them back in my Tumblr days, when I’d spend my teenage years liveblogging episodes with friends online.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

Mahmoud wanted Mohammed, and all of his sons, working on dry land, so Mohammed spent his early teenage years as a craftsman, laying brick and apprenticing for an ironsmith.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers