sophomore
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It has become so common that most assume a top freshman or sophomore are holdbacks, which means repeating a grade or two to look for a competitive advantage in high school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
And one of the first players he took under his wing was sophomore cornerback Osiris Gilbert, a UConn transfer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
“My body was hot-wired,” said Chapman, a sophomore at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
A discussion on the apparitions in “Macbeth” during sophomore year stands out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Ron was sixteen and a high school sophomore; Adam was fourteen and a freshman.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
Fortunately, my English teacher, Thomas Dolan, suggested I join Stuyvesant’s SING!, in which freshmen and sophomores competed against juniors and seniors in original productions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Bringas and Feuer have partnered at Ojai the last three years, losing in the quarterfinal round as sophomores and juniors but steamrolling this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026
It’s another positive development for a Birmingham team that already has two productive starters in sophomores Carlos Acuna and Nate Soto.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026
Brown President Christina Paxson said she believed the shooting happened inside a final-exam review session for a principles of economics class where most of the students in the class were freshmen or sophomores.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025
Each time Moch tried it, the sophomores did the same thing—all at once, collectively, and in unison, they lost their cool.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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