freshman

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When Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers met their freshman year on New York University’s sketch comedy scene, they were semi-forcefully grouped together by fellow student comedians who thought being gay would unite them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Still, his rise from a freshman at the University of Virginia to a Grand Slam quarter-finalist has been meteoric.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Recent graduate Nihar Patel hadn’t eaten lunch in the cafeteria at his Fairfield, Ohio, school since his freshman year because of lunch-shaming.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

He was relieved by freshman left-hander Sax Matson with one on and two outs in the top of the sixth.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

Farmer asked a fellow freshman, who was unpacking his dry-cleaned clothes, “How come you put your shirts in plastic?”

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