teenage years

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Linden's defence counsel David Moggach KC said his client had been bullied in his teenage years because of his sexuality.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

These are all facets of Michaels covered in the documentary, but I learned them back in my Tumblr days, when I’d spend my teenage years liveblogging episodes with friends online.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

But, as I entered my teenage years, I started to deviate from certain aspects of the faith.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Born in 1980 into a Catholic family in Londonderry, McGee leaned heavily for "Derry Girls" on her own teenage years during the Troubles, which lasted from the late 1960s until a peace deal in 1998.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

What Mia was thinking about, however, was her own teenage years, memories she’d packed away long ago for safekeeping but now unfolded and dusted clean.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng