childhood

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The actor on her nomadic childhood, a scary experience in Thailand and breaking through on “Weeds.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 9, 2026

The actor who plays the lead character in the new Assassin's Creed video game about pirates has said he "tapped into" his childhood in Wales for the role.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2026

At some point in childhood, through one classic fable or another, most of us absorb the lesson that looks can be deceiving.

From Slate • Jul. 8, 2026

It’s the exact model she had in her childhood home in Long Beach.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2026

Garfield called to Lucretia, using an expression common during his childhood in the Ohio woods, "Why, the child fell like a log!"

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow