growing pains
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Is this growing pains or the wobble before the fall?
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
Stock investors tend to prefer growing pains to no growth at all, though.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Still, the growing pains show how investment banks are seeing mixed results as they look to cut costs and adapt how they hire young professionals out of college.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
Anything higher isn’t a pilot with growing pains — it’s a system causing harm at scale.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 22, 2026
Ruth said, “Be quiet, you two. It’s just growing pains, Lena.”
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
