lifelong

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There is no doubt that only children enjoy some advantages, but as standalones we are denied one of the most powerful lifelong connections that any human being can have.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

"When punishment fails to reflect the lifelong harm inflicted, justice becomes meaningless and survivors like me are left silenced, dismissed and profoundly failed by the very system meant to protect us," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

He is a student in a lifelong learning program at UCLA; he takes extensive notes in notebooks and in the margins of his many books.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

She always believed that the man, from a mining family in Germany's western Saarland region, was a lifelong member of the Social Democrats, Germany's labour party.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

“Only thing is that there’s a lifelong chastity vow.”

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner