archaic
: misery, affliction
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Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 16 June 2025
Chapter 2: Surviving | Against all odds, Amy’s teen sister brings the family back together.
—Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 16 June 2025
According to the California Library Association, summer reading programs help children and teens retain and enhance their reading skills over the summer and benefit adults by stimulating the brain, increasing vocabulary and sparking imagination.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
And consider that teens are still developing, and no one fully understands themselves in youth.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025
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Keep scrolling to see all 12 cargo pants my teen and mom friends are wearing this spring.
—Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 16 June 2025
Chapter 2: Surviving | Against all odds, Amy’s teen sister brings the family back together.
—Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 16 June 2025
According to the California Library Association, summer reading programs help children and teens retain and enhance their reading skills over the summer and benefit adults by stimulating the brain, increasing vocabulary and sparking imagination.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
And consider that teens are still developing, and no one fully understands themselves in youth.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025
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“Teen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teen. Accessed 21 Jun. 2025.
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