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We are obsessed and Charlie is soaking up her first and last weeks as an only child.
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Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
The 185-acre spread was once owned by Margaret Carnegie, the only child of Andrew Carnegie.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 20 Jan. 2026
Kevin is not the only child actor from the Dallas-Fort Worth area to receive screen time on Abbott recently.
—Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
Giovanna is an only child, and her aunt has been erased from her parents’ seemingly tidy, intellectual life.
—Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
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Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
The 185-acre spread was once owned by Margaret Carnegie, the only child of Andrew Carnegie.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 20 Jan. 2026
Kevin is not the only child actor from the Dallas-Fort Worth area to receive screen time on Abbott recently.
—Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
Giovanna is an only child, and her aunt has been erased from her parents’ seemingly tidy, intellectual life.
—Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
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“Only child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/only%20child. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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