schoolteacher
Americannoun
noun
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Despite the uproar, retired schoolteacher Daniel J. Sullivan's name has remained on ballots.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
Texas State Representative James Talarico, a former schoolteacher and Presbyterian seminary student, is the latest Democrat hoping to break his party's long losing streak.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Inside the tiny Democratic Party office at a Talarico rally in Amarillo on Tuesday, retired schoolteacher Terri Mills listened to the candidate's stump speech.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Kaufmann, a former schoolteacher, first invested in Leica in 2004, using the roughly $1.7 billion proceeds of his family’s Austrian paper, pulp and packaging empire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Kufwema, kuzikisa, kugam-bula, smoothly the words rolled forward and I realized this slick trick schoolteacher could be saying anything under the sun.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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