upbringing
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So the idea was having Bernadette really be the mastermind of John’s upbringing as a way to provide a simultaneous salve for her husband’s shame about being afraid about losing out on the opportunity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
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
When he does speak, his words carry a faint Southern twang from his upbringing in Alabama.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
Seaborg’s early life told the same quintessentially American story of immigration and assimilation as Ernest Lawrence’s, although his upbringing was rather more insular and culturally constrained than that in the Lawrences’ educated household.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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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
They say the sounds of their respective upbringings often affect their music, sometimes without even being conscious of it — naming L.A.’s specific cadence as unintentional inspiration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2025
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
I'd always known that my mom and I had completely different upbringings.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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