upbringing
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Zuma-Ncube says their upbringing and other issues she and others in the team experienced influenced how they told the story.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026
Born in Spain to a street vendor father and a mother who was a cleaner, he has spoken often about how his upbringing shaped him.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026
He simply wrote it at a different time, when he was most famous, still, as a memoirist for Hillbilly Elegy, the story of his chaotic Appalachian upbringing.
From Slate • Jun. 18, 2026
Like her upbringing, Mary’s connection to her heritage is complicated.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
She was satisfied that although she would miss me, I would have a more advantageous upbringing in the regent’s care than in her own.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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