schoolgirl
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As we leave the dilapidated compound, with books strewn across the floors of some classrooms, we spot a schoolgirl in uniform walking forlornly towards her home.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 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
One 17-year-old schoolgirl in north Tehran said the city felt like a vast cemetery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
Brahim Chnina, the Moroccan father of a schoolgirl who falsely claimed that Paty had asked Muslim students to leave his classroom before showing the caricatures, was sentenced to 13 years.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
He was the object of a schoolgirl crush.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
He claimed that Iran could have fired a Tomahawk missile in the attack on a school that Iran says killed more than 165 people, including many schoolgirls.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026
When the next streetcar rolls in, the upper deck fills with a gaggle of schoolgirls, squabbling over who gets the window seat closest to the sea breeze.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
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
We giggled at one another like schoolgirls, and I bade her lock my door.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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