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

In Delhi, Anand recalls a former student who moved to Canada two years ago.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 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

A former student of Hiatt’s at the Harvard School of Public Health, Kochi had begun to reexamine his program under the constant pressure from Farmer.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French