former student
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A former student says he ran middle distances, cross-country, and acted a role model for younger runners until he graduated in 2013.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
Sildak identified the attacker as a former student at the school, born in 2007.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
He becomes the host to a former student named Sabiha, who has fled her home because she is suspected—wrongly, she claims—of killing her husband in a fire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Carley's former student said he "would never have believed" he would do something like that.
From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026
Bringing the whole matter into the open might be the best plan, but that would mean trying to find that former student, who was the sort who would deny all responsibility anyway.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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