schoolteacher
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He’s a retired pastor, and she’s a retired schoolteacher; together they have ample income to afford a new car.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
He graduated from Alabama State College in 1960 with a bachelor’s in music and worked briefly as a schoolteacher before beginning his professional music career.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
Gil Kerley was born in 1961 in Rock Hill, South Carolina, in the still-segregated South, the only child of a schoolteacher and a college econ professor.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
Robinson, the schoolteacher, said he will be watching gas prices every day now.
From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026
They turned back, and when the schoolteacher arrived home, his wife stewed the antelope meat, and everyone in the family ate it.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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