tender age
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But even at his tender age he's come across videos that make him sad, angry or worried.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
“Her adulthood started a little bit early when she became my mom at the tender age of 17,” he wrote at the time.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 25, 2025
Entering parliament at the tender age of 30, he became leader of the D66 just a year later, the youngest ever to hold the post.
From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025
“Sundays were always my favorite day because I knew that we’d all be together,” says Matlin, who became the first deaf actor to win an Oscar in 1987 at the tender age of 21.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025
Not when we moved into number twenty-three, a roomier, lovelier house than I’d imagined I’d live in at the tender age of twenty-six.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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