upbringing
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Orélien said in a statement released Tuesday that his writing style is rooted in the rhythms of his upbringing in Haiti.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Here, Szor and Abraham quietly demonstrate the lengths and risks of their allyship, pitting their relatively comfortable upbringing in Israel against their fervent quest to unlearn a propagandistic way of living.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026
Fuentes pointed to her own upbringing to illustrate the importance of accessibility programs in the arts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Parton, who died this week aged 80, launched the philanthropic effort in 1995 to honour her father - whose difficult Appalachian upbringing never allowed him to finish school or learn to read and write.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Getting to the bottom of this business about the trunk and the sandwiches and the children’s upbringing could scarcely be more difficult than that.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
Perhaps the difference in your upbringings plays a part.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Both had tough upbringings marked by an absent father, intermittently absent mother and reliable grandparents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The Iranian Lego team, as they refer to themselves, is a small group that has found broad appeal by capitalizing on Millennial and Gen Z nostalgia for a toy central to their upbringings.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
Their contrasting upbringings is what attracted them to each other, Charles Tyler, a Yale classmate and friend of the couple, told the BBC.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025
One cannot blame their surroundings or upbringings for their behavior.
From "Allegedly" by Tiffany D. Jackson
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