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Hurley welcomed her only child, son Damian, with businessman Steve Bing in 2002.
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Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Veronica Mann lost her only child Rashad Banks to lung cancer at 29 years old nearly four years ago.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2025
The panicked girl tried to relay that her only child, Avery Russell, had been bitten by dogs.
—Laura A. Bischoff, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
Raising an only child doesn’t mean raising a lonely child.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 5 Apr. 2025
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Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Veronica Mann lost her only child Rashad Banks to lung cancer at 29 years old nearly four years ago.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2025
The panicked girl tried to relay that her only child, Avery Russell, had been bitten by dogs.
—Laura A. Bischoff, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
Raising an only child doesn’t mean raising a lonely child.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 5 Apr. 2025
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“Only child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/only%20child. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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