small child
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The images they captured included a front-seat passenger holding a small child on their lap without a seatbelt and a driver holding a mobile phone with both hands.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
She was not, in fact, a model, posing for a Coca-Cola ad, but a young woman with a small child desperate to leave Russia behind for the West.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
She had worked all her life; even as a small child, her school year was abbreviated so she could chop cotton for a few months on the plantation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
"Do not consume it under any circumstances or offer it to a small child."
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
The solemnity that had always lent him, as a small child, a rather comic air, now seemed a sort of youthful dignity.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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