childhood
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Also on the board: Hall-of-Fame basketball player Isiah Thomas, a childhood hero of Ishbia’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Devour some books … and pizza: Pizza Hut’s Book It! program, which rewarded children for reading with personal pan pizzas, is part of the lore of countless childhood readers turned adults.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
During its beginning stages, Thomas was set on telling stories about his childhood and trying too hard to make people laugh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The gold industry "doesn't benefit the local communities here", said the 45-year-old, who has brought his herd to the mountains each summer since childhood.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
He wasn’t going to pursue his childhood dream of becoming a naturalist.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
As if their unconventional childhoods weren’t troubled enough, Asa and Yuru’s twinship comes with another heavy burden: saving the world.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Over one-third of American children and a staggering 53 percent of Black children will be subjected to a child protective services investigation at some point in their childhoods.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Every Christmas, the couple also pays for the whole family to visit Marbella, Spain, where the sons spent a chunk of their childhoods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Rothwell's role in Coronation Street had been written with him in mind - as the creator Tony Warren had worked with him during their childhoods on BBC Radio's Children's Hour.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
I doubt that anyone looking at our two childhoods, our circumstances, would ever have predicted we’d land in those halls.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
