boyhood
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Trout built a family home near his boyhood home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Jude Bellingham's place in England's World Cup starting line-up was a point of debate before the tournament, under pressure from the outstanding form of his boyhood friend, Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Captain George Furbank bowed out in style as he prepares to leave his boyhood club to join Harlequins.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
The German boss has seemed happy to foster healthy competition between the two boyhood friends, but now decision time is coming.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
From Merle Tuve at the Carnegie Institution came a sharply worded warning to his boyhood friend “Ernie” about his tendency to jump to unwarranted conclusions before all the facts were in.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Their locks are scruffy, scraggly; tousled for the boys, and wispy for those whose boyhoods were long ago.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
Calipari gushed about Krzyzewski’s triumphs with the national team, and the coaches bonded over their Catholic-influenced boyhoods and their affinity for legendary coaches.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2017
The Bradford of their boyhoods had clean sidewalks and flowers in the alley.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2017
When Guests Seaver and Kotto began going on about their California boyhoods, he peremptorily cut them dead with "I'm glad we found that out."
From Time Magazine Archive
Their education complemented their uniquely American facility with machines and technology, for they had spent their boyhoods surrounded by mechanical gadgetry: farm machines, radios, and cars.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
