as in young
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After Anne’s death, a more paternal side of Cromwell appears—augmented, perhaps, by the loss of his own young daughters to sudden illness, a few years earlier.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
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The selection of Viva and Awuah-Darko for the campaign — lensed by young talent Mauro Maglione and styled by Francesca Cisani — speaks to Whitehouse’s ambition to leverage fashion to raise mental health awareness.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
30 Mar. 2025
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Miller Gardner, the teenage son of New York Yankees player Brett Gardner, has died.—
Nicholas Rice,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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Finally, a Chicago woman and her teenage son left the US for Spain after a heartbreaking family tragedy.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN,
22 Mar. 2025
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Libby, who was censured by Maine's Democratic majority and Speaker Ryan Fecteau for a social media post identifying an underage trans athlete, proposed several amendments to the state's budget via a loophole in the state legislative policy.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
21 Mar. 2025
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In other instances, former clients say DFC told them that criminals are known to photoshop underage girls next to the naked images or that previous clients who declined upgrading to a Phase II plan had their explicit content released by their sextortionist a year later.—
Rachel Hale,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
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Aftershocks are typically minor adjustments along the portion of a fault that slipped at the time of the initial earthquake.—
William B. Davis,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The incident, while ultimately only a minor one, did impact the rest of their vacation.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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So much so that youthful considerations were at the forefront.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
20 Mar. 2025
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With a population of 230,000, Granada boasts a vibrant community where the youthful energy from its university mingles with the traditions of the local Andalusian culture.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Adult males, called boars, are emerging from their dens this month, with females and juvenile bears expected to follow in April and early May.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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Paulo needed physical therapy to recover from several surgeries to shorten her left leg to the length of her right leg — the difference a consequence of juvenile arthritis.—
Jordan Rau,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2025
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Disturbing New Details Emerge About the State of the Global Climate Chronic Climate Stressors Hadfield and her team identified three main ways that climate change affected adolescent mental health.—
Stephanie Edwards,
Discover Magazine,
19 Mar. 2025
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The low-scoring adolescent may not have enjoyed those same advantages and may have experienced stress due to poverty.—
Dalton Conley,
TIME,
19 Mar. 2025
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He’s been there; Harper was emotional — at times, immature — as a younger player.—
Matt Gelb,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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From its opening scenes, Severance has presented the procedure the show is named for as a kind of birth, the spawning of a new, immature being.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Ephebic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ephebic. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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