adult
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Now as prime minister he is due to make a speech on adult social care on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The three scrape by on the $90 Boonma receives each month for her work, her parents’ combined $50 old-age allowance from the government and money sent by her own adult son and daughter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
They have four adult children Lauren, Hunter, Colton and Kaeden, a former Texas A&M star who was selected in the third round of the 2025 MLB draft by the New York Yankees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
Burnham is expected to make a speech on adult social care this week.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
“We’re minors without adult supervision. Can’t they bring us meals and send someone to keep us entertained until Mom comes back? That’s what the Guardian force would do if we weren’t considered fugitives.”
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
To investigate, researchers tested sugar-sweetened soda, regular sparkling water, calcium-fortified sparkling water, and plain water in 20 adults.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
Young adults are rushing home to crunch the numbers before they decide if the date actually went well.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Yet a Gallup poll released last month finds support among U.S. adults for LGBTQ+ issues in decline.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
He also believed that teenagers who commit crimes are not as culpable as adults.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
There are many accounts of what fieldwork and household duties were like for enslaved adults.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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