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She succeeded Karoline Leavitt, a loyal Trump supporter and often combative press secretary, who stepped down in August to care for her young children.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
As Jay waddles into the water, the waves seem to want to shove the reedy young man back to shore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
He left behind an unfinished play, “La Bola Negra,” about a young gay man.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
On 22 August a Volkswagen Passat with five young men hit an oncoming marked Cleveland Police vehicle on the dual carriageway near Middlesbrough at about 03:39 BST.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Peter was home, yet he was not safe, any more than any healthy young male was safe.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Dawson's own understanding of grief was shaped by the stillbirth of her younger sister when she was eight years old and learning that for many years her mother blamed herself for the child's death.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
“I have some reservations about the long-term stability of my younger son’s marriage.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Though he began acting as a teenager with stints on “The Walking Dead” and “Euphoria” and continues to get cast as characters younger than he is, he’s never had that overly polished child-performer charm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Although more people are surviving strokes, the growing number of cases means that more younger adults could face lasting health complications.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
We used to come here almost every weekend when we were younger.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
In 1986, when he was 35, he became the youngest French lawmaker to be elected to the Senate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
In May 2025, tennis-mad Leo -- a keen gym-goer -- became the youngest man chosen to lead the Church since John Paul II almost 40 years earlier.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Born and raised in New York City, Avi is the youngest of four.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
He said that Honey, the youngest of Jonathan Ross and his wife Jane Goldman's three children, has an "incredible" memory, which helps when learning a new language.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
One memory is my dad’s youngest brother, Reza, who had such red hair and so many freckles that he was probably a descendent of Genghis Khan.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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