schoolboy
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schoolboys
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And of course I made the schoolboy error: Day before, we did a run-through and they said, “Do you want to put your speech on the prompter?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
We track his evolution from Liverpudlian schoolboy to American media entrepreneur, his heart broken repeatedly by an English team whose hype is never matched by its performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Video footage of schoolboy Noah Donohoe's body in an underground water tunnel has been shown to the jury at the inquest into his death.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
“The Boys of Dungeon Lane” begins with “As You Lie There,” his fond remembrances about a schoolboy crush.
From Salon ● May 12, 2026
It had to be recognized, after all, that I was still a schoolboy, with my schoolwork to do, and I was also expected to prepare at least one sermon a week.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
The pair, who met as schoolboys in Bushey, Hertfordshire, found themselves acting as unlikely cultural ambassadors, introducing western pop music to audiences unfamiliar with it.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Based on an original novel by William Golding, it follows a group of schoolboys stranded on a tropical island after a deadly plane crash.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 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
We know Augustine in a way that we do no other ancient individual except perhaps Cicero, the Roman orator of the late Republic whose writings were required texts for centuries of schoolboys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
While we waited for Mnyamani to map out our bottle-stealing itinerary for the day, out of the corner of one eye I saw a group of schoolboys coming down the street, heading in our direction.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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