young man

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As a young man he works as a ship-breaker in Turkey; in middle-age, we find him in a coastal town in Cambodia, making replicas of great paintings for tourists.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Midway through, a flustered young man strolling past turned to a trio of gray-haired protesters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

So was, I kid you not, a young man named Stefano Forte, who is president of the New York Young Republicans.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

The Paris public prosecutor's office announced the death of a young man in his twenties after he crashed head-on into concrete blocks on a Paris ring road exit ramp on his motocross bike.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

After a childhood of moving around, Apollinaire arrived in Paris as a young man and immediately felt at home.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day