schoolchild
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Panka was a schoolchild when Mean Girls was first released in 2004, but the cult teen movie has become an enduring pop culture phenomenon.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
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 schoolchild learns the name: Mesopotamia – the Fertile Crescent, the cradle of civilization.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2023
He remembers being instructed, as a schoolchild, to stand waving along the route of the royal motorcade.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2023
Although he instantly saw this in three-dimensional terms, the nature of his insight is now known to every schoolchild who has ever drawn a graph.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
In China, the agent drew interest from schoolchildren, retirees and everyone in between.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
While schoolchildren are encountering Google’s AI tools on school-issued Chromebooks, teachers and parents note students are accessing AI through other chatbots, too, such as ChatGPT.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Food that would otherwise be thrown away by supermarkets is helping to feed hundreds of families and schoolchildren through a community meal scheme.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
At one point, a Greenlandic politician told ProPublica, some schoolchildren were instructed to practice hiding under their desks in case of such an event.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
It’s these underpants, thin and gray with use, that hang dripping on the line over our heads as we sit in Grace’s cellar pretending to be schoolchildren.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
