loss of innocence
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They seek to shield them from fear, from emotional burden, from a premature loss of innocence.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
Perhaps, as with other technology, it brings a loss of innocence.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025
For MJ, there is a lingering of guilt and shame because Brandi was robbed of what would have surely been happy memories, now tainted by a fundamental loss of innocence, all under her watch.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2024
“The novel is very much about the loss of innocence of these children. Aaron has made it also about Atticus’ loss of innocence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
Loss of tranquillity even Rebecca had to bemoan: Agnes had still more—the loss of innocence!
From Nature and Art by Henry Morley
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