growing pains
Example Sentences
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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
Which isn’t to say the Grand Prix came without growing pains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Anything higher isn’t a pilot with growing pains — it’s a system causing harm at scale.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 22, 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
