teenager

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Robin was inspired by a story she says the late Hollywood producer Robert Evans told her when she was a teenager, about red phones being brought to the table at a Los Angeles restaurant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Zoe has had endometriosis, which can cause severe pain and heavy bleeding, since she was a teenager.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Their father, Peter Krofft, was a clock salesman and joined Sid when he was on tour as a teenager.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

The Janet Jackson that “Control” unleashed on the world was a teenager shaking off the dust of two forgettable pop albums and a misguided elopement with another pop star, James DeBarge, when she was 18.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

An older Theodore Roosevelt jumping on horseback, a hobby that he took up as a teenager.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple