growing pains
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In the process, her editorial choices and growing pains as a new TV executive have drawn the ire of many longtime staffers, particularly at “60 Minutes.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
Stock investors tend to prefer growing pains to no growth at all, though.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Anything higher isn’t a pilot with growing pains — it’s a system causing harm at scale.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 22, 2026
But investigations found he had been accidentally poisoned with an overdose of vitamin D that had been prescribed for growing pains.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 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
