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[chahyld] / tʃaɪld /


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Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the shooting in an initial social media post, saying Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had shot a New Yorker while his child was in the vehicle.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

When a child is adopted in the UK, their NHS number - or equivalent health service identifier - is changed to protect their anonymity.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

The adult child should acknowledge that they are pulling away—and focus on patterns, not individual incidents, when they explain what is wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Oscar Bergal, 28, was wounded in the neck during an ICE operation in the Bronx on Thursday, while a five-year-old child who was in his car at the time was physically unharmed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Father could never bear a house without children, and whenever he heard of a child in need of a home a new face would appear at the table.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

When I interview parents who are estranged from their adult children, many say: “My child cut me off out of the blue. I didn’t see it coming.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

All five children, who are now aged between 16 and four, have been living in Pakistan since 2023.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

In interviews, several of his children described the yawning hole that his death had left in their lives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

The 42-year-old took his wife Usha, three of their four children and their dog Atlas on Air Force Two for the flight to Cincinnati, where Vance cast an early vote for the midterms.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

A prison doctor, she said, had pronounced her low blood pressure a serious condition, one that might leave her permanently disabled and her six children a burden to society.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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