freshman
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Redeaux is a freshman at USC this season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Tarik Skubal underwent the procedure as a college freshman and Boston Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet had it in 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
It has become so common that most assume a top freshman or sophomore are holdbacks, which means repeating a grade or two to look for a competitive advantage in high school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
He caught 35 passes for 609 yards and eight touchdowns as a freshman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
As they walked, Percy thought about the first time he’d fought the empousa Kelli at Goode High School’s freshman orientation, when he and Rachel Elizabeth Dare got trapped in the band hall.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
University of California math and science professors have urged UC regents to reinstate entrance exams because so many freshmen were unprepared.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
When we met as freshmen in college, I immediately felt safe with him.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
Fortunately, my English teacher, Thomas Dolan, suggested I join Stuyvesant’s SING!, in which freshmen and sophomores competed against juniors and seniors in original productions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The Bruins have signed incoming freshmen Gunārs Grīnvalds and Nikola Kusturica – from Latvia and Serbia, respectively.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
The freshmen were already rolling out the mats.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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