classmate
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Another woman said her 12-year-old daughter was a classmate of the dead girl.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
“Wendi’s style has a touch of the harlequin to it — playful, theatrical and always ready for an occasion,” writer and former NYU classmate Josh Rothenberger says in an email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
The classmate had been contacted several years earlier by someone claiming to be a talent agent, and she recognized in “The Tell” details she had shared with the alleged agent.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
They usually don’t teach a class on what to do when a classmate can’t get a word out, or teach the teacher to wait.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
She was a classmate of Nancy Clutter’s, and her name was also Nancy—Nancy Ewalt.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
Their white shirts filled up with messages scribbled by classmates and well-wishers – a colourful record of a shared journey through education.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
The political satire was a big hit at the school, which led students to use the call of the Frog chorus, “Caxys, co-ax, co-ax, co-ax,” to cheer on their classmates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Although his classmates had been using their phones to get information for their studies, they were also wasting time on social media.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
The incident occurred in September 2025, when students living in Ganędagǫ Hall reported seeing two classmates processing a black bear in the residence hall’s communal kitchen.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
So when Mrs. Brisbane turned the machine off and sent my classmates off to lunch, I thought about that machine.
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
