adulthood
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Adulthood: High blood pressure plagues many Black Americans.
From Seattle Times • May 22, 2023
Adulthood took me away from home, and we haven’t suffered together physically ever since.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2022
Adulthood, at least as portrayed on TV, seemed fraught with peril.
From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2021
Deacon appeared with Clarke in 2006 film Kidulthood and its 2008 follow-up Adulthood, which Clarke also directed.
From BBC • May 4, 2021
“In their youth, mortals behave more like nymphs. Adulthood seems impossibly distant, let alone the enfeeblement of old age. But ponderously, inevitably, it overtakes you. I find it a frustrating, humbling, infuriating experience.”
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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