upbringing
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Kim Il Sung’s upbringing gave the young man a front-row seat to the power of faith—its power to mobilize and inspire awe, devotion, fear or zeal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
His dual nationality and peripatetic, bi-cultural upbringing, combined with travel grants in 1927 and 1949 that took him all over Europe, Asia and North Africa, produced arguably the most cosmopolitan artist of his generation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Your upbringing taught you a lot about life, and you learned the value of hard work and patience and stamina and consistency by buying and selling homes and building a $6 million nest egg.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
"When I was a kid I used to eat champ by the bowlful, so trying to tie in a little bit of my upbringing there," he said.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
She knew from her Quaker upbringing the power of silence—and discomfort.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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