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[kid] / kɪd /




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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

"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

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

“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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