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Nearly half of all Afghan children under the age of five are stunted, the UN says.

From BBC

Hampered by a slew of injuries that stunted momentum, they greatly improved with the league’s fourth-best record after the All-Star break.

Evidently, Mainoo feels the evidence of the opening two league games only points to extended spells on the sidelines, frustration and stunted progress.

From BBC

The fallout renders Agnes emotionally stunted, running alternately on autopilot and impulse.

The script pushes too hard to make Spike naive — blank and moldable — instead of what narrative logic tells us he is, the hardscrabble child of two stunted children.

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