schoolboy
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schoolboys
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The inquest heard how the schoolboy went out onto streets beside his home in the Holylands area of Belfast in the early hours of the day of his disappearance.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
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 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
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
Like giddy schoolboys, they couldn't wait to get there, says Ferguson.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
"Hanging by a Wire" tells the story of the nail-biting race to save schoolboys dangling from a stranded cable car in the Himalayan foothills.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
It looked like a set of schoolboys out there - no real direction.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2025
Dancing like schoolboys, Bull and Virgil went from one boy to the other as though touching bases, pleading with them to rise and fight again.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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