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As the Ado Annie-like Betsy, a horny teen-ager whose father owns a shotgun, Kurtz is playing a character who should be, and kind of is, a one-joke punch line.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026 -
And a Louisiana cop haunted for decades by a teen’s murder didn’t live long enough to see it be solved.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
29 Apr. 2026
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The parents of Celeste Rivas Hernandez were cleared of allegations of child neglect and abuse in the months before authorities say the teenager was murdered and dismembered by singer D4vd, who now faces a possible death sentence for the slaying.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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Van Pelt and her husband, Andrew, who met as teenagers at a California college, moved around for a while, before settling in Wheaton, next door to his hometown of Geneva.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Charles, who is well-known for his love of nature and the importance of sustainability, fed chickens in a coop together with the kids.—
Emma Caughlan,
NBC news,
30 Apr. 2026
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The kid from Istanbul’s streets was not an aberration.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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At the time, Jackson was pop’s fastest-rising star, having bridged the teenybopper mania of the Jackson 5 with mature disco-soul hits on his 1979 solo breakthrough, Off the Wall.—
Greg Poole,
Rolling Stone,
5 Mar. 2026
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The show sent her to malls to meet fans, fashioning her into a teenybopper starlet.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
10 Oct. 2025
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Their preteen daughter, Suri, played in the front seat of the truck.—
Kit Warchol,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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She’s recently expanded into preteen, teen and baby parenting territory, further growing her following.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
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Coe, born in Akron, Ohio, spent time in reformatories as a youngster, and served time in an Ohio prison from 1963 to 1967 for possession of burglary tools.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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With those two moving on up this week, the Daily News checked in on a few other youngsters in the Yankees’ org, starting with Carlos Lagrange.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Blaise is the latest work inspired by Planchon’s comic strip following the titular protagonist through his tween years through to adolescence.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
14 Apr. 2026
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Berfield — who played Reese, Dewey's older brother — watches the tween get picked on by a group of bullies before turning and smacking them with his bag.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
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Italy will ban the killing of male chicks starting in 2027, ending the deaths of 34 million birds every year.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026
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The hook had likely been embedded in a fish caught from nearby waters, and when the adult eagle delivered the meal, the chick swallowed the hidden hardware along with it.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Teener.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teener. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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