schoolboy
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Richmal Crompton’s chronicles of an English schoolboy and his misadventures began in 1922 and charmed readers for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
A schoolboy named Waldham slipped off the cliffs after a scrum with friends and broke his arm in 1881.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
"I've been working in Japan since 1982. And when I first went there, there was one person who spoke schoolboy English. So, it was very much about communicating through gesture, drawings, but also humour."
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
I will continue to wage this lonely battle as long as septuagenarian Angus Young is hopping around in schoolboy shorts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Pollard steered him back to the winner’s stand, leapt off, and ran to Howard, who beamed like a schoolboy.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
The pair, who met as schoolboys in Bushey, Hertfordshire, found themselves acting as unlikely cultural ambassadors, introducing western pop music to audiences unfamiliar with it.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Like many schoolboys, I idolized Indiana Jones and James Bond for all the usual reasons, not least their double lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
Director Mohammed Ali Naqvi's pacey documentary tells the real life story of the rescue of Pakistani schoolboys stranded hundreds of feet above a Himalayan valley in a rusting cable car when wires snap.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
Many of them were just schoolboys when the coup occurred in 2021.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2025
“Béene, think,” he said patiently, as if I were one of his schoolboys stumped on an easy problem.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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