schoolgirl
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schoolgirls
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The schoolgirl was named a Games MVP on Sunday to cap an extraordinary showing that saw her scorch to gold in the 200m butterfly and do the 200m-400m individual medley double.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Aisha McAdams, the guide to director Max Lowe’s idiosyncratic study, was a schoolgirl track star who transitioned into a photographer of the people and places in the ultramarathon world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Mourners dressed in black gathered on Sunday in the pavilion of Wat Lat Pla Duk in Nonthaburi province, bordering Bangkok, where the body of the slain schoolgirl, Naphat Chaima, lay for a ceremonial bath.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
Then just a starry-eyed Catholic schoolgirl, she remembers walking down Times Square and hearing a woman singing in the streets in a style unknown to her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
Only three years had passed since she was a schoolgirl in geography class at Swanburne, doodling funny pictures in the margins of Cecily’s notebook.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Two schoolgirls called Hollie who had double lung transplants in the same week have become best friends after meeting in hospital.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
After 24 schoolgirls were released from Kebbi, state governor Nasir Idris, said the release was secured through "non-kinetic" efforts -- such as diplomacy.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
While the 25 schoolgirls from Kebbi and 50 students from Papiri have been released, dozens of people remain missing.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
"We had to go on a bus every day to different schools and get used to different schools and different classrooms than what we were used to," said one of the schoolgirls.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2025
And there we are, jumping like two little schoolgirls who just got a sticker on a spelling test.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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