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The clip then smash-cuts to a scene of Bruce as a child listening to his parents fight in the next room, and we’re meant to understand that the joy and power that steams off of the stage is a cure for the pain of childhood wounds.
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Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
Flores said her boyfriend was 21 and came to the United States as a child.
—Richard Ruelas, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Prince Andrew’s late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, lived in the lodge as a child, moving there with her parents — then the Duke and Duchess of York — in 1932.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Fitzpatrick began drawing as a child.
—News Desk, Artforum, 23 Oct. 2025
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Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
Flores said her boyfriend was 21 and came to the United States as a child.
—Richard Ruelas, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Prince Andrew’s late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, lived in the lodge as a child, moving there with her parents — then the Duke and Duchess of York — in 1932.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Fitzpatrick began drawing as a child.
—News Desk, Artforum, 23 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for as a child
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“As a child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20a%20child. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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