as in classmate
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The startling trends of men across a range of metrics serves as the cultural context into which Adolescence lets off a gendered bomb: a young boy angrily murders a female classmate who has questioned his masculinity.—
Avivah Wittenberg-Cox,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025 -
That concert, just like one in 1999 and this event, was a fundraiser for the Maywood Fine Arts Association, headed by Lois Baumann, a classmate of Prine’s.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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Almost a decade in the making, and currently in post-production, the film will recount the harrowing story of the nine Charbonneau sisters and their childhood schoolmates who endured horrific abuse at St. Paul’s Indian Mission School in Marty, South Dakota.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2025
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In the limited series — which consists of four episodes that take place in real-time and are all achieved with one camera take — Jamie is suspected in the murder of a 13-year-old female schoolmate named Katie.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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Ramirez and his colleagues say that’s unusual, because typically once a building had been ritually killed and abandoned, something new would be built atop the remains.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Apr. 2025
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Although so highly esteemed, the notoriously taciturn director would often frustrate his colleagues by his reticence to explain his directorial intentions.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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At one point, a White House police officer captured a wild male raccoon and offered him as a playmate: the male, named Rueben, ran away, and Rebecca lived on in stately solitude.—
Katherine Rundell,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Nov. 2024
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While some owners might opt to add a playmate to the mix, not all cats desire having another pet in the house.—
Liz O'Connell,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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However, they’re disbanded in the early moments of this third film as Eisenberg’s character tells a new generation of crooked magicians that his former comrades are dead.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
1 Apr. 2025
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Later down the line, after being summoned to resolve a conflict that was a front for the Emperor’s treachery, Khazan was deemed a traitor to the empire, and he and his comrades — like Ozma — were executed or exiled for aiding a traitor.—
Scott McRae,
Rolling Stone,
24 Mar. 2025
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By now, though, it’s become clear that the president is beholden to associates who take money to lobby for ByteDance, which is deeply tied to Beijing’s military-industrial complex.—
The Editors,
National Review,
5 Apr. 2025
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An investigation revealed the three victims were assaulted and robbed by the suspects, who are all believed to be associates of a criminal street gang, police said.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2025
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In total, 58 of Upton’s shipmates died when the USS Utah quickly sank, and 461 sailors survived.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
28 Dec. 2024
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Svoboda was told the engineers were crucial in keeping the ship from capsizing by counter-flooding the engine room, essentially sacrificing themselves to save as many shipmates and ships around them as possible.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Dec. 2024
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Isak celebrates his goal against Liverpool (Stu Forster/Getty Images) His early success has already set him apart not just in Newcastle colours, but among his compatriots.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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In The Atlantic, Jonathan Chait forgives his ideological compatriots their Covid-era sins.—
Jack Butler,
National Review,
30 Mar. 2025
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“Schoolfellow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolfellow. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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