childhood

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Although it is not a vaccine, the vitamin K shot has been swept up in the same post-pandemic tide that has led to a drop in key childhood vaccines, including for measles and whooping cough.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

The childhood bunk bed was a technicolour dreamcoat of late-night results, felt tip pen scribbled on the oak-stained frame a record of who was winning the ultimate, never-ending championship of brotherly video game encounters.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

Your whole childhood and career relied on intense physical training.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

If the shoulder injury wasn’t a strong enough sign that that dream was over, the fire that destroyed Lesch’s childhood home a few years later was.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

I had known from childhood that the earth opened and the heavens rained fire upon liars, but I met his gaze.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom