growing pains
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Also on the agenda is the president’s third-country removal policy and the growing pains of SCOTUSblog.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
A different member of the party's top team said, "hopefully, it's just growing pains".
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
This case — and the many pending ones behind it — are growing pains for a generation that will profit from social media’s rise, as Agostino sees it.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
This avian bystander may have recognized a fellow bird of prey in Coriolanus, whose role in the Roman ecosystem is necessary yet not fit for all purposes in a young democracy beset with growing pains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Arthur said: "After all, Galahad is only a child! He has growing pains, perhaps. I don’t think we ought to judge him unkindly for little faults of social intercourse."
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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