tween
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The Crow runs a stand-up comedy camp for 7-12-year-olds, a six-week intensive tween program and a showcase called “The Kids Are Fine, Not Great” that pairs college comics and professionals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Dovilė, a stoic tween, puts on a cool act about the news, mentioning a friend whose parents got divorced.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
But in between, Charlotte, now 43, says they fought over who got the first look at the mail-order catalogs that, at the time, were the first to cater specifically to a tween and teen-girl audience.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
She has channeled that into art, writing the evocative and hilarious tween comedy PEN15.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026
It makes me feel safe, this time be- tween day and night, as though we’re floating together in an in-between place where anything is possible.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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Inside, nearly everything above and below decks was rebuilt or replaced, and a new ’tween deck was sandwiched in between the cargo holds and the main deck, the original having been removed in the 1930s.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2016
“Speaking of ‘tween heartthrobs, Scott Brown is here.
From MSNBC ● Apr. 24, 2015
Weeping like a ’tween at a Justin Bieber concert, like a cougar at a “Twilight” premiere, like a little leaguer meeting Mickey Mantle.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2012
"How do you deal with comments from managers such as 'I was born in 1962' and people referring to me as a 'tween?"
From Washington Post ● Aug. 7, 2010
Those of us who are left spend the day sitting or lying around either on deck or in the ’tween deck, waiting.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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