schoolgirl
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schoolgirls
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To onlookers, it was astonishing seeing a schoolgirl in a headband outwit adults who had been competing at top-flight events since before she was born.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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
A chunk of bone discovered on a beach by a schoolgirl could be up to half a million years old, according to an evolutionary biologist.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 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
He seemed unaware that fellow student Barbra Streisand, the future singer, had a secret schoolgirl crush on him.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
In 2002, four days after schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman had vanished, reporter Brian Farmer knocked at Huntley's door and went inside.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 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
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 playing for Wales schoolgirls together in 1977, the sisters were joined by Judith Williams and Janet Millar - who were also representing Wales again 47 years on.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2024
There were no nurses, so the few teachers who patrolled the columns attempting to maintain order, along with several older schoolgirls, attended to the fainted victims.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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