orphanage
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Eleven-year-old Margot “Meg” Lefleur, one of the two narrators of Kathryn Stockett’s historical novel “The Calamity Club,” has been a resident of an orphanage in Oxford, Miss., since 1931—two miserable years.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
She was taken to an orphanage and later adopted by British parents, before eventually moving to the UK when she was 10-years-old.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Studies of the zoo’s young elephants is shared with the Reteti Elephant Sanctuary in the hopes of delivering care to elephant youth to prevent orphanage.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026
According to Soumah, a woman in the hospital last summer announced to her that Sabina was being sent to an orphanage.
From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026
“Okay, kids, I just heard that you are to sleep here for the night, and someone will drop you off at the orphanage in the morning.”
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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