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children

[chil-druhn] / ˈtʃɪl drən /






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She said she hoped it could be understood why she had largely cut off contact from her father and did "not allow him to have contact with our children".

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

The decision to move to the western city of Ivano-Frankivsk was difficult, said Ilona Shemrai, a mother of two young children who plans to leave Kyiv this week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

"We have never seen or even heard a single gunshot being fired," he said from his son's sitting room as children flitted about.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

About one to three people out of 1,000 die from measles, with children at the greatest risk of dying.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

For months, she said, the small children of the neighborhood had banded together to bring food to “Opa’s kitty.”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom


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