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A recent study found that people exposed to more unfavorable neighborhood social conditions when they were young adults had a greater likelihood of developing coronary artery calcification by midlife.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
"Expectations were exceptionally high when Balen came to office, especially among young voters who saw him as a break from Nepal's political establishment," said Brian Braun of the Control Risks consultancy.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
The U.S. defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, posted a photo on social media of two young women at a Canadian cadet training center that was interpreted as mocking their weight and gender.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Intense ultraviolet radiation from the young Sun would have broken down some nitrous oxide molecules, separating them back into nitrogen and oxygen.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
The young woman who had spoken kindly to me the night before, I did discover, was a baroness, only seventeen years old.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Now, the sandwich chain has to prove its formula can work with a younger generation that’s less well-off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
He has noticed more younger diners at his restaurants, he said, who stay longer and are more likely to return.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
“I definitely felt like their mum. Or maybe their younger sister,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
In fact, he’s a full decade younger than the average CEO, according to data from Korn Ferry.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
A petite Black or Black Native, maybe your age or a year younger, stops walking to lean against the wall, wraps her arms around her stomach.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
“And I’ve always been the youngest guy in the world when it comes to ideas.”
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
But her colleague Tasha, the youngest of seven, says her siblings have fallen out over perceived favouritism, even though she thinks her parents treat them all the same.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
The youngest son in a hodgepodge home, he wrote this memoir in 1993, gazing over his family’s 20th-century history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Born in 1929, the youngest daughter of a wealthy but troubled family, Kusama began producing her signature dot and net patterns aged 10.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
The demand was so great that the two youngest sisters traveled separately so they could bring the spirits to different cities at the same time.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
