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
He remembers being instructed, as a schoolchild, to stand waving along the route of the royal motorcade.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2023
Recently James Robinson, a prominent televangelist, compared Trump to a "little elementary schoolchild."
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2022
It was as broad as my hand and had a yellow 8 on each clear wing, as plain as if some careful schoolchild or God had painted it there.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
And insurance companies continue to cover vaccinations for schoolchildren.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
On a recent afternoon, English-speaking schoolchildren ordered colorful beverages at Starbucks in a slick shopping mall filled with premium boutiques and tech offices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Ekaterina Mizulina, the head of Russia's state-sponsored internet censorship watchdog, said in December she had received "63,000 emails" from disgruntled schoolchildren and parents commenting on the ban.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
Serving military personnel, the grandson of British Commander Field Marshal Montgomery and pipers from the Jedburgh Pipe Band marched with the schoolchildren.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
The schoolchildren in Kilvert’s parish were asked who made the world, and one of the kids answered, ‘Mr. Ashe.’
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
