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schoolmate

[skool-mayt] / ˈskulˌmeɪt /
NOUN
roommate
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STRONGEST


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Starting with the epigraph “Only a child can kill a monster,” the film follows a little boy as he attempts to find the man who kidnapped his schoolmate, a small girl.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

Roman Kostenko, an opposition lawmaker who is secretary of the parliament’s national security committee, described his former university schoolmate Budanov as a “military man, first and foremost” and an effective manager.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

Adolescence, which centres around a 13-year-old boy who is accused of murdering a schoolmate, received widespread praise for shining a light on the impact of smartphones and social media on teenagers.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2025

“Where is Principal Dressback???” a schoolmate and friend, Karl Julian, titled a video on his YouTube channel.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2024

A schoolmate plopped down beside her, and two other Booker T. Washington students took the seats across the aisle in the same row.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose

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

But he said urgent questions remained for the politician, including why he had "continually denied the repugnant behaviour so many of his schoolmates recall" rather than acknowledging it and "apologising sincerely".

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 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

To elude the exam panic around me, I avoided my schoolmates and stuck to Bright, little suspecting it was he of all people who would shatter my peace.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo




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