of one's life
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"It can be so intense that it shapes or defines the rest of one's life," she says, adding that she is glad Rosy eventually found a safe space.
From BBC • May 17, 2025
However, during the course of one's life, random changes occur in the methylation patterns.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2024
One forgets, in a predigital world, how much of one’s life in a city involved yelling.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2024
The rest of one’s life just grows new roots around it.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2022
There’s no bitterness in her voice, just the mortal sadness of looking ahead, toward the end of one’s life, at the gray streets and the rain.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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