tender age
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She bought the first for $2.7 million at the tender age of 17, before picking up a nearby home for $6 million.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026
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
In 1980, at the relatively tender age of 24, David Sheff landed a journalistic coup in the form of a multipart interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2025
From a tender age it had been Alba’s responsibility to put fresh flowers in the vases.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
