Example Sentences

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Since her cancer treatment, the princess has often spoken of the value of human contact and connection to help create happy, stable childhoods.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

Nearly a quarter of women in the 1% are first-generation Americans, and about one-fifth experienced times in their childhoods when the main breadwinners in their homes were unemployed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

The siblings, who spent their childhoods on the road and in recording studios with him, joke that he was always doing a benefit show.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

The pair reportedly bonded on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Canada last year, swapping stories of their difficult childhoods.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

To think the guy whose downfall basically took our respective childhoods with it was begging for change fifteen minutes from my house six years later?

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone