young
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The old and young rummage through garbage bins searching for something to eat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Alan Cumming and Shirley Henderson first met as young actors on the STV drama Shadow of the Stone.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Earlier, from the first minutes of the partial eclipse, a group of young boys cried out: "It's starting! It's starting!"
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Leavitt is leaving “so she can spend more time with her beautiful young children and family, a decision I totally understand and respect!”
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Well, young people, it has been a pleasure getting to know you, but it’s time to move along now. You go on out there and get back to it. You’re making us proud.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Kushner is the younger brother of Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
"This change continues the work already undertaken by the contest to strengthen safeguarding and protect younger artists from the pressures associated with competing at the Eurovision Song Contest," they added in the statement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
The line for those ineligible for the biometric scans, including families with children younger than 12 and those without a chip in their passport, was nearly an hour long.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
"They've all gone in younger, but I wanted to have a bit more experience living I guess," he added.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
“That so? As much as I’d love to, I can’t hire anyone younger than sixteen.”
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
The NBA has one of the youngest and most ardent fan bases — making Iger and Kushner’s takeover a promising turn for the NBA amid Mark Walters’ legal problems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Leavitt, 28, the youngest ever US presidential top spokesperson, has been a fiercely loyal Trump defender, delivering fluent and aggressive performances at often combative press briefings.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Leavitt, 28, took the job as White House Press Secretary last year - becoming the youngest person to ever have the role.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Or Trump, who was 59 when his youngest child, Barron, was born.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Jump ashore, Blackborrow,” Shackleton urged, determined to give his youngest crewman the honor of first landing.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
