child
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They have named the month-old female Xoco, a Nahuatl name meaning "little sister" or "the youngest child".
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The working parent might provide a dollar amount for every year of marriage after a child is born.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
"I remember that as a child I climbed up there, all the way to the main roof tile," former salt farmer Omer Hot said, gesturing at the seven-metre-high storehouse roof.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
“That restaurant — that’s my dad’s first child, his love, his baby,” said Michelle Fanara.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Weakened by his asthma, he had never been a strong child.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
That’s a reference to how it would be darker and colder on winter mornings for children walking to their bus stops and schools.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Far-right activist Tommy Robinson has admitted he "got it wrong" when he falsely accused a man on social media of filming children in a Glasgow park.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Near the top of the list: Divorces where the spouse who stays home with the children is left with very little after decades of marriage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The actor CCH Pounder, Saar’s longtime friend and travel companion, attributes Saar’s ability to manage three children, a home, multiple paying jobs and an artistic practice of her own to a form of “mother wit.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
After lunch the children started coming and, as children always did, they went straight to Father.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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