growing pains

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So you can imagine there will be growing pains.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Some may perceive this as mere growing pains for a now-decade-old Silicon Valley giant that experienced a massive growth spurt after ChatGPT’s takeoff.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Ms. Hillgrove, now 79 years old, came of age at a time when America itself was having growing pains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

He also said the delays had been the result of "severe growing pains".

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

Dad comes home from his job at Rank’s Flour Mills and tells Mam I’m going through a stage, growing pains.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt