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Mandela Egbo, once a Crystal Palace academy player who switched to Borussia Monchengladbach in his late teens, broke through to their first team that season.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025 -
My then teen-age mother, whose birth nose looked not unlike her father’s, hadn’t even expressed a desire to have work done.—
David Kamp,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
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Born in 1945, Dreja grew up in Kingston Upon Thames, England, and was drawn to rock ‘n’ roll as a teenager.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
7 Oct. 2025
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Still only a teenager (aged 19), but played 111 times for Ajax and has been in and out of the Dutch senior squad for almost two years.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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After a long day of activity, reward the kids with a treat from The Cake Bake Shop or Graeter’s Ice Cream.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Many autistic kids are drawn to water, regardless of its temperature, because water offers a calming sensory effect.—
Victoria Moorwood,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Oct. 2025
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The multimedia exposure drew the adoration of the era’s teenyboppers, who raced to spend their allowance money on T-shirts, lunch boxes and magazines featuring the face of Bubblegum Bobby, as he was known.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2025
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Bed-rotting while watching Grey’s Anatomy, routinely taking breaks between hospital shootings and plane crashes, is a much different experience from devouring eight episodes of a teenybopper show in one sitting.—
Catherine Mhloyi,
Them,
27 Jan. 2025
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Unlike the High School Musical franchise—whose third film received a theatrical release—few modern preteen narratives reach that level of success.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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The actor, who was a preteen when cast on The Partridge Family, scored a few TV guest spots following the end of the series, as well as a starring role in 1978's Corvette Summer, opposite Mark Hamill.—
Grace Gavilanes,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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And in Ukraine, youngsters tussle in make-believe war, imitating soldiers as the real conflict rages on.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
5 Oct. 2025
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The Rock channels his old trash-talking persona and adds some sage wisdom for a couple of British youngsters (Florence Pugh and Jack Lowden) wanting advice on how to break into the wrestling business.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Consider this your official guide to keeping up with all the references and conversations your tween or teen will be talking about.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
3 Oct. 2025
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One creator, who goes by @littlemisstippytoes on TikTok, said in a post that before tween media rose to prominence, preteens were either seen as early bloomers for looking more mature, or childish for looking their age.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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In 2020, the Dolan Fire in central California killed 12 endangered condors, including two chicks, that were roosting near Big Sur.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Kids can pet a chick and plant a radish seed, but no feeding of the animals allowed.—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Teener.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teener. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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