young adult
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As a morbidly obese young adult, I considered him one of my “big three,” along with John Candy and Chris Farley.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The distributor explained that the character depicted was a "living mummy" who was returned to her parents as a young adult, many years after having been kidnapped as a child.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Romer grew up in a trailer park in New York but moved to Lafayette, La., as a young adult with her partner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
McElwee’s last documentary, 2011’s “Photographic Memory,” saw Adrian as a young adult, trying to come into his own and figure out his place in life amid a shifting social landscape riddled with digital black holes.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
My good fortune, the fortune that saved my life, was that he was not only a young adult but a pliable young adult, an omega animal.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
