schoolmate

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De Vusser, a former schoolmate of Boone’s who has since been promoted to Bain’s chief executive, advised Lotus to focus its global growth efforts on Biscoff rather than its other products.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

He was spared execution when one of his captors took a second look at his face and recognized him as the generous schoolmate who used to share his lunch.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2025

He later cultivated a close relationship with Jiang Zemin, a former schoolmate from Shanghai who rose to become China’s president and who died in 2022.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2024

We as the reader come to this fictional Diana through a fictional schoolmate Sandy she confides in, who she then has this pivotal recurring moment with later on near the end of her marriage.

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2023

“Look, Minerva, one of Trujillo’s girlfriends lives there, your old schoolmate, Lina Lovaton.”

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez