schoolboy
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schoolboys
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A 13-year-old schoolboy has made his voice-acting debut as Thomas the Tank Engine in a new animated series.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 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
It comes after Aleksanders struck the Coventry schoolboy with his black BMW 330 on Radford Road on 14 June 2024.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 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
Director Mohammed Ali Naqvi's pacey documentary tells the real life story of the rescue of Pakistani schoolboys stranded hundreds of feet above a Himalayan valley in a rusting cable car when wires snap.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
It looked like a set of schoolboys out there - no real direction.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2025
In one shot, a crowd of schoolboys share their dreams with the camera.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
“Oho? English schoolboys in our enlightened 1980s cannot read a book in a foreign language?”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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