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Confronted with his realistic, blinking, speaking face, she felt “scared … like a little child again.”

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025

“Then you switch perspective and be this little child … and you see a big adult who tells you all of these things.”

From Salon • May 26, 2025

Ms Hooper said Pugh was destined for the big screen: "It was quite extraordinary for somebody of her age - it wasn't like watching a little child on the stage."

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2025

With earnings of about $42,000 and little child support, she moved with four children to a house that consumed roughly two-thirds of her income.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2023

“There,” I said, tying them for him as though he were a little child.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson




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