former student

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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

One former student, Mayur, now runs his own art classes and a small printing business.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

But resilience, ambition and self-awareness are traits that Darnold has long exhibited, according to his high school coach Jaime Ortiz, who remembers his former student as a wildly gifted but quietly driven kid.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

“The school is trying to keep up with that technology and teach what to expect in the field,” former student Christopher Hernandez, 36, said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

Charlotte Morrison, a Rhodes Scholar and former student of mine, was now a senior attorney at EJI.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson