adolescent
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In Me and My Girl, he played a widow living with his adolescent daughter.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
With the market for video games now expanded well beyond the stereotype of adolescent boys, the team behind the new game says this time they are focusing on Lara as a strong character.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Another found no advantage over placebo among adolescent girls, even when different doses were tested.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 30, 2026
Sometimes, rousing our dormant inner adolescent is a job for a very old monster with a rock and roll heart where his soul should be.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
While his father was involved body and soul with his water pipe, the willful first-born, who had always been too big for his age, had become a monumental adolescent.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Though adolescents might not be easy to thrill, they long for great IRL adventures like the rest of us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
It ruled "the temporary suspension" of bombings of rebel camps when there is intelligence information or other alerts about "the possible presence of children and adolescents."
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Carson Daly shouting to be heard over an audience of excited adolescents.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
"Lip and oral cavity cancer was the seventh leading cancer type in cancer incidence and mortality rate worldwide in adolescents, young adults, and middle-aged adults in 2022," says Daniell.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Even worse was the group of adolescents, boys my own age, who sat gathered around a large table.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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