tween
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These days, she’s best known to the teen, tween and under set for her starmaking turn as “Red” in Disney’s “Descendants” franchise, with “Descendants: Wicked Wonderland,” which dropped last week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
But in between, Charlotte, now 43, says they fought over who got the first look at the mail-order catalogs that, at the time, were the first to cater specifically to a tween and teen-girl audience.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Chris Pine shows off his surprising fluency in Italian in this film about a pesky tween who convinces an aimless young woman to abduct her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
She has channeled that into art, writing the evocative and hilarious tween comedy PEN15.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026
“And there be Measter Robin, a tween her roots.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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“Speaking of ‘tween heartthrobs, Scott Brown is here.
From MSNBC ● Apr. 24, 2015
These “radium girls,” to get a finer tip, Would pass their paintbrush ’tween pursed lips a bit, But Mae O’Donnell could not stand that sip Of magic paint, so she was urged to quit.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2015
Weeping like a ’tween at a Justin Bieber concert, like a cougar at a “Twilight” premiere, like a little leaguer meeting Mickey Mantle.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2012
Grantland Rice broke down the most important matchups of the upcoming season, calling the Cleveland Bulldogs-Dayton Triangles game slated for Nov. 2 that year a “titanic tussle ‘tween two Gorgons of the gridiron.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2010
“I’ll row the longboat out to the Susan Constant and hide in the ’tween deck.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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