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

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

One former student, Andrea Corona, 39, said her time at Trade-Tech helped her land a job as a technician at Volkswagen of Downtown L.A. — a role she’d held for about a decade.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

"His role was head coach of at least a couple of the men's boats and was the coordinator of all things Christ Church rowing," said one former student.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

“Rutherford was an artist,” commented his former student A. S. Russell.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik