teenage years
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A fan of the band since her teenage years, she was in disbelief stepping into a location she’d seen countless times on screen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Jackson spent his teenage years in the Army Cadets where he was recognised in his unit as the best shot.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
He remains a work in progress—Shelton didn’t seriously commit to tennis until his teenage years, workshopping under his father Bryan, an ex-pro and acclaimed college coach at Georgia Tech and Florida.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
But in the teenage years, the girls’ anxiety increased significantly over the boys’, and remained elevated into adulthood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
I realized even while I laughed that his unhappy childhood had been followed by unhappy, imprisoned teenage years followed by unhappy incarceration through young adulthood.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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