children

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She and their children were among those who appeared at the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 24 to honor Busch’s memory.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

"A society that is incapable of protecting its own children is a society which will one day start turning against itself."

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

She told the Las Vegas Review-Journal her proudest accomplishment was “making sure I got all my children through high school and college”—and she wound up being awarded several honorary degrees herself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Goodstein said that a quarter of those were women, while nearly 10 percent were children, including unaccompanied minors and newborns.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

How could I imagine this white-haired man, called Opa—Grandfather—by all the children of Haarlem, how could I imagine this man thrown by strangers into a grave without a name?

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom