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teacher

[tee-cher] / ˈti tʃər /


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Later she worked as a teacher and followed her husband on his many postings as an officer of the gendarmerie in French overseas territories.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

“You’re in unrelenting sun along the beach for most of the race, and there’s just no shade,” Sheppard, a private yoga teacher in Los Angeles, said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

The tenth-grade English teacher let him redo the assignment, on Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” but she gave him a D on the retake, bringing his final grade down to a C.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Olson began his career as a music teacher before becoming a funeral director and funeral-home owner.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2026

“Please vote by writing the name or the number of your candidate on the paper, and then fold it over,” the teacher said.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

The letter was signed by school district members, unions representing thousands of teachers, school aides and administrators, as well as San Diego Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

Hundreds of workers and teachers marched through Asuncion on Monday, calling for the recovery of pension funds and threatening to stay the course until their demands are met.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

The faculty employs more than 250 academic teachers and serves approximately 1,350 students and more than 150 doctoral students.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

These reforms meant teachers started preparing pupils for exams at an earlier stage at the expense of teaching unexamined parts of their subject.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

More than once, his teachers noticed and said, “Jonah? Are you with us?” or “Jonah? Didn’t you hear me the first five times I asked everyone to open their books?”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix


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