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child

[chahyld] / tʃaɪld /


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During a search of the home last week, police also found the cremated remains of another surrogate child that had been mailed to the house; the baby died shortly after birth in Florida, Teymouri said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

The survivor later said in a statement "nobody ever listened to me" and that the police who interviewed her had spoken to her "like a child".

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

A 36-year-old real-estate agent is preparing a house for a showing when a boy appears in the kitchen—presumably the child of the property’s owners, although the family no longer lives there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Hilary Swank recently revealed on Instagram that she is pregnant with her third child.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

I wish you were here, stroking my hair, telling me everything was going to be all right, like you did when I was a child and had hurt myself.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Since 2024 children in four primary schools have been able to get apples, bananas and other fruit as part of the pilot scheme.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

After the children were taken into custody by the Department of Children and Family Services last year they were “scared to go to the park because they hadn’t been outside,” Teymouri said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Today my brother’s children live across the country from my three.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Jenner said despite changes in needs the charity's "purpose has remained the same, to ensure that children in the Bailiwick are not disadvantaged because they lack the essentials that every child deserves".

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

The human children had come here tonight looking for a fabled beast.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman


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