schoolmate
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The creative-writing program featured small classes composed of students serious about writing careers, recalled Scott’s schoolmate Laurent Dubois.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Graham played Eddie Miller in the series, which told the story of a teenage boy accused of killing a schoolmate.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2025
“In 1989, I believe I lost three brothers,” said a tearful Hecht, who still can’t believe that a schoolmate of hers has been in prison for decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024
“Where is Principal Dressback???” a schoolmate and friend, Karl Julian, titled a video on his YouTube channel.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2024
Arnold, a thirty-one-year-old Confederate army veteran and former schoolmate of Booth’s, was arrested based on a tip.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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In Mr. Harris’s telling, long before Augustus came to rule vast swaths of the earth, he was a sickly boy named Octavius, bullied by schoolmates until the far-stronger Agrippa became his protector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Being a healthy capitalist, I immediately started taking orders from schoolmates.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
Most of his schoolmates dropped out after six years to work on family farms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
Delashmutt and his schoolmates Royce Casey, 16, and Joseph Fiorella, 14, all shared a passion for death metal, and they formed their own band called Hatred.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2025
Glancing back at his old schoolmates, he hoped not.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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