young child

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I was such a young child when they passed, but they remained so in the cultural conversation because, especially in 1999, they represented such hope in politics.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

He was born in Guinea-Bissau in 1991 and lived in Madeira, and then Lisbon, in Portugal as a young child, before his family moved to the UK when he was 16.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Cole is a 37-year-old tax economist with Ivy League degrees, a mortgage and a young child.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Cancer treatment is physically and mentally brutal, and we are navigating this difficult path with a very young child.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026

W. E. B. Du Bois writes movingly about the moment he discovered he was black, as a young child in school.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson