kid
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"But he has a good head on his shoulders, is a level kid and hopefully takes it all in his stride."
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Here’s what passed as a pool report from the event: “’I knew what I wanted to do so I just did that,’ the kid from Utah told a camera afterward.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
But Sivanandan didn’t give up on being a normal kid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
She said the Medeiros song takes her back to "really happy times as a kid" in the back of a VW camper van singing along with her sister while on holiday in west Wales.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Two weeks was a serious cramping of the lifestyle I enjoyed as the last kid at home.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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"I don't want my kids to leave the house and see a coffeeshop open," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
The range and scope of ongoing litigation show how anger at Meta and other social media companies over their products’ effects on kids has spilled into broad bipartisan agreement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
"I remember going in to do a big talk with some young people who had survived cancer and they were like, 'don't call us kids, do not say we're brave.'"
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Leanne, 61, shares tips with fellow retirees on her Facebook page, SKIClub, which stands for “spending kids inheritance.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
A double-harnessed horse and wagon with a mother, father, and four kids stops.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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This claim of passivity kidded nobody except maybe himself.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2025
Sojobi kidded with the new grandmother that she had grown new gray hairs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2023
On a flight to Chicago, Devers kidded Bello he would hit two homers on Friday.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 15, 2023
I’m seeing a therapist and already feeling better, but I’m kind of shook by how easily I kidded myself that I was fine.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2022
“Seems like someone’s becoming one-hundred-percent Amer-icanized,” Theresa kidded.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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“My mom made $34,000 a year, single mom raising three kids — she couldn’t pay $4,000 for me to play club soccer. Are you kidding? She couldn’t pay $400,” Donovan said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Those men are kidding themselves, Kamdem says now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
This continued for days — in tweet after tweet, over and over and over again, he claimed he was kidding.
From Salon ● May 20, 2026
The Lakers embattled basketball boss smartly acquired renowned shooter Kennard from the Atlanta Hawks in early February for Gabe Vincent and a second-round draft pick and … are you kidding me?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026
It took me a couple of seconds to see that he was kidding, even though there’s nothing funny about missing your legs, you know.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
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