reared

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Reared in rugby league, he made his debut for Wigan Warriors at just 16, became the youngest Challenge Cup winner a year later in 1993 and captained Great Britain when he was 21.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025

Reared during a time of war and privation, the queen also reputedly went around Buckingham Palace at night turning out the lights to save electricity.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2022

Reared in a big Michigan family with three brilliant loud science brain brothers, I'd always felt left out by their Disease Game at dinner, where Dad threw out cases for my siblings to diagnose.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2022

Reared in a city famous for its Mardi Gras processions, she wondered if a parade was on the way.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2021

Reared in the happiest circumstances, sheltered by the love of the tenderest parents, pain had first approached her when her mother died, and two years after her father followed his wife to the grave.

From Partners A Novel. by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)