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grow up







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ripen
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Raiola decided it was time to grow up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

One said, “A man does not grow up until he has kids of his own.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

He said he was excited he got "to be part of something which kids from the next generation will get to grow up to watch".

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

This pattern has been well documented among Holocaust survivors, many of whom believed that silence would allow their children to grow up “normally.”

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

“I’ll learn everything I can. And then I’ll grow up and come home and take care of you.”

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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