adopted

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Appeared in the February 2, 2026, print edition as 'A Centenarian on the State of His Adopted Country'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Adopted children who have been moved first into foster care, and then into an adoptive family, struggle to feel safe, says Emma, and the family therapy was aimed at addressing that.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

Adopted at birth and raised by a family in the southern French city of Bordeaux, Rousteing went in search of his biological parents, a quest documented in a 2019 Netflix documentary.

From Barron's • Nov. 5, 2025

Adopted in 1913, that amendment reversed an 1895 Supreme Court decision holding that a federal income tax was unconstitutional.

From Salon • Jul. 31, 2024

I thought I’d just have to quote from What to Tell Your Adopted and Foster Children.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix