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primary school

NOUN
elementary school
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Nine children have been taken to hospital after eating seeds from trees at a primary school in Nottinghamshire.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

"To me the diamonds have failed us," says Abubakar Amara, a primary school teacher in Kono.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

It already includes about 900 homes, a primary school, offices, a community centre and more than 40 businesses.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Following an uncomplicated pregnancy, primary school teacher Lauryn and her husband Andrew, a carpenter, say they "didn't have too much of a plan" beyond an expected vaginal delivery at Luton and Dunstable Hospital.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

She would teach at the primary school, her own win-the-war effort.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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