schoolchild

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Panka was a schoolchild when Mean Girls was first released in 2004, but the cult teen movie has become an enduring pop culture phenomenon.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Every schoolchild learns how larger European empires, including Russia, divided up the country among themselves in the 18th and 19th centuries, temporarily erasing it from the map.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

In a Monday statement, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong said China and Japan were working toward a constructive and stable relationship, and expressed his regret over the death of the Japanese schoolchild.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2024

Recently James Robinson, a prominent televangelist, compared Trump to a "little elementary schoolchild."

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2022

Every schoolchild knew of the information abuses that nearly brought down civilization before the Thunderhead condensed into power.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman