schoolchild
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Any schoolchild knows who came up with the telephone or the sewing machine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Panka was a schoolchild when Mean Girls was first released in 2004, but the cult teen movie has become an enduring pop culture phenomenon.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
He remembers being instructed, as a schoolchild, to stand waving along the route of the royal motorcade.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2023
Recently James Robinson, a prominent televangelist, compared Trump to a "little elementary schoolchild."
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2022
I’d done my homework here as a schoolchild.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
He also joked with schoolchildren that he hoped he had not "ruined the holidays too much by dragging you in here".
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Paddick and her children, Sid and Minnie, are among thousands of Hampshire residents caught up in the dragnet, which has pulled in drone pilots, schoolchildren and the local airport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Ekaterina Mizulina, the head of Russia's state-sponsored internet censorship watchdog, said in December she had received "63,000 emails" from disgruntled schoolchildren and parents commenting on the ban.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
A group of schoolchildren were passing through the area at a time and a school teacher was seen standing in front of them to protect them, according to local media.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
But some of the schoolchildren came out to greet us.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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