schoolchild
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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
Every British schoolchild learns about King Harold, William the Conqueror and 1066.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 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
What happened next has become part of historical legend, a tale told to every American schoolchild.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
One year before the nation would collapse in the Great Depression, the world’s first billionaire gave out dimes to schoolchildren.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
The shop owner who stocked pens and books for schoolchildren was, a neighbor tells her, the “kindest man.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
"Appropriate measures must be taken by the relevant ministries and agencies to protect schoolchildren and students, including senior citizens and patients with respiratory illnesses," King Sultan Ibrahim said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
He said the young offenders were "not simply naughty schoolchildren".
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Tens of thousands of schoolchildren would be sitting in their classes, gathered around their new Stormbreakers, waiting for the moment—at midday exactly—when the prime minister would press the button and bring them on-line.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
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