school friend
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While in a queue to buy a beer, he was approached by school friend Niall Stone, who is originally from the same town but has been living in Australia for a number of years.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Karen had made a memorial post about a school friend on Facebook.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
Pratt writes how utterly taken he was with Montag, whom he first met through high school friend and “Princes” star Brody Jenner, who was then dating “Laguna Beach” alum Kristin Cavallari.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
I fell in love with an old school friend.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2025
A quote from a school friend says she was “a good laugh, very pretty and quite wild.”
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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