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youngster

[yuhng-ster] / ˈjʌŋ stər /


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The context was that Iraola had only worked with the youngster for just a couple of days because the defender had been away with Serbia's Under-21 team.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

The Spanish head coach has admitted during this time the youngster has spent more time "working and not playing".

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

A youngster sprang from the grass, running toward its mother, draped in what looked like a roomy shag carpet.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

When he was born in July 2009, Hazard was still a youngster at French club Lille before going on to achieve a successful career at Chelsea and Real Madrid.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Then a few things happened which, when added up, turned the wild youngster into an entirely different person.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

New Zealand's government introduced legislation on Monday to ban under 16s from using social media, joining a number of countries seeking to keep youngsters off sites such as Instagram and TikTok.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

There is some hope for people who remember those old internet communities, as well as the nostalgic youngsters who never knew a more wide-open internet.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

Lees & Co—Manchester’s oldest brewery and owner of Founder’s Hall—has found employing youngsters increasingly difficult in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

From where he lives on the road opposite, Ray Thompson could see "youngsters standing there with hoods on and covering their faces".

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Many parents stayed close to the jail and the fairgrounds so the released youngsters wouldn’t have to wander the empty city streets at night trying to find their way home.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry




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