archaic
: misery, affliction
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Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
When Alabama’s board suspended and then revoked Fairhope’s 2025 state aid over teen-shelf content earlier this year, locals raised roughly $40,000 in five days, essentially replacing the lost check.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
The teen is in the custody of Anna's stepmother, Shauntel Hudson, following a divorce from her ex-husband Thomas Hudson.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
That determination led investigators to believe the teen was dead prior to the car being set ablaze.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 25 Nov. 2025
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The teens, ages 15, are charged with an intentional threat to commit an act of violence against a school, school employees or students, a one-year misdemeanor.
—Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
When Alabama’s board suspended and then revoked Fairhope’s 2025 state aid over teen-shelf content earlier this year, locals raised roughly $40,000 in five days, essentially replacing the lost check.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
The teen is in the custody of Anna's stepmother, Shauntel Hudson, following a divorce from her ex-husband Thomas Hudson.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
That determination led investigators to believe the teen was dead prior to the car being set ablaze.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 25 Nov. 2025
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“Teen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teen. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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