schoolgirl
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More than 1,300 fans attended the game at Gayfield Park, which is just a mile from where the schoolgirl was found.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 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
One 17-year-old schoolgirl in north Tehran said the city felt like a vast cemetery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
I said, too brightly, too forced, a schoolgirl still, but he answered me in all solemnity.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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
For example, the BBC was told the schoolgirls recently abducted from Maga were Muslim.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 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
A roving, sumptuous narrative entrenched in the labyrinthine relationships of a small southern Italian town, “My Brilliant Friend” follows Lila and Elena, schoolgirls growing up in postwar Naples.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025
“Quiet,” says one of the Guardians behind the counter, and we hush like schoolgirls.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
