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Children may not have words for terror, grief, or rage.

From Slate • Jan. 29, 2026

“You may not have words for what you’re going through,” she said.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026

Religious folks have words for such spasmodic departures from the everyday, like beatitude, nirvana, ecstasy.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2025

She said: "How is that a response to not go out... to have words with these boys or arrest them?"

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

—Do the songs that you listen to have words?

From "Tears of a Tiger" by Sharon M. Draper




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