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childhood

[chahyld-hood] / ˈtʃaɪld hʊd /


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Years later, that shared childhood favourite took on new significance when Patryk proposed on its shores.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Pollock—born in Wyoming, with an itinerant childhood before arriving in Los Angeles as a teenager—had been exposed to American indigenous art, Mexican muralism, Surrealism and the regionalism of Thomas Hart Benton.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

The Philippines has struggled to restore routine childhood immunisation rates after years of plummeting coverage, which contributed to a polio resurgence in 2019 and recurring measles outbreaks.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

It didn’t matter that “While incarcerated, Christa worked to heal the impact of childhood abuse and neglect.”

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

“I think this one was coming here during the captain’s childhood, and when he saw her when he came with the treasure he must have gotten the idea to bury it in her spot.”

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

As if their unconventional childhoods weren’t troubled enough, Asa and Yuru’s twinship comes with another heavy burden: saving the world.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

Over one-third of American children and a staggering 53 percent of Black children will be subjected to a child protective services investigation at some point in their childhoods.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

"This resolution will ensure we are prioritising important skills and learning experiences for students, while protecting their childhoods and well-being by setting research-based screen time limits."

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

Mr. Windolf, a journalist, begins by detailing how similar his subjects’ childhoods were.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

As though sheer willpower was enough to suspend her children’s childhoods until she could afford to have them living with her.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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