young man

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Relatives of the wounded gathered at the entrance to the emergency department, where a woman wept, leaning on a young man.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

"It is annoying," he told BBC Radio 4's Money Box, having thought as a young man that he would have eventually got his pension at 65.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Iskander’s David is a young man whose youthful piety and heroism make him a sympathetic figure, notwithstanding the bag of cold cuts.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

Ernest Hemingway’s memoir, “A Moveable Feast,” opens with him as a young man in 1920s Paris worrying about the cost of heating his apartment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Florence is the ideal place for a young man in a hurry.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day