Ivy Leaguer
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The club was sitting 16th in La Liga, just two points from the relegation places, and here it was hiring an Ivy Leaguer from Bergen County—a veteran of the Fair Lawn Cutters—to turn things around.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
An Ivy Leaguer and Rhodes Scholar, he spent two decades in city government either as mayor or a city councilman and took a circuitous path toward the diplomatic corps.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
This makes sense once we consider the actual demographics of the typical American college student, who is not an Ivy Leaguer bound for the 1 percent.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2022
“To be an athlete and an Ivy Leaguer is not easy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2021
An Ivy Leaguer in a Lakers T-shirt popped his head above the cubicle partition.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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