archaic
: misery, affliction
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Alex Ross, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
In the video, a group of young teens appeared to be in a verbal dispute before a physical altercation quickly escalated between two girls.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026
In the band’s heyday, Anthony Kiedis, with his bare torso and long girlish copper-blond hair, looked like a ’70s teen idol who’d become a Warhol hustler – a street-flesh god like Joe Dallesandro, except that where Dallesandro was in a daze, Kiedis was a live wire.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026
Investigators said the teens stopped and tried to help the teacher as emergency crews responded to the home along North Gate Drive.
—Caroline Silva, AJC.com, 13 Mar. 2026
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The journal indicates that Niko, Mann’s large, unruly poodle, barked as the intrepid teen-agers approached the front door.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
In the video, a group of young teens appeared to be in a verbal dispute before a physical altercation quickly escalated between two girls.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026
In the band’s heyday, Anthony Kiedis, with his bare torso and long girlish copper-blond hair, looked like a ’70s teen idol who’d become a Warhol hustler – a street-flesh god like Joe Dallesandro, except that where Dallesandro was in a daze, Kiedis was a live wire.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026
Investigators said the teens stopped and tried to help the teacher as emergency crews responded to the home along North Gate Drive.
—Caroline Silva, AJC.com, 13 Mar. 2026
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“Teen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teen. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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