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boarding school

[bawr-ding skool] / ˈbɔr dɪŋ ˌskul /


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Born in Cincinnati, Ohio in November 1938, Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III went to a military boarding school in Tennessee, and then attended Brown University, but was expelled before graduating.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Rose grew up in east London, but attended boarding school in Eastbourne.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

She attended Choate Rosemary Hall, an exclusive boarding school in Wallingford, Connecticut, and went to Barnard College in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

He conceived the social experiment based on a combination of his curiosity about people, the influence of “Lord of the Flies” and “Robinson Crusoe,” and his boarding school experience.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

If anything, rather than taking my language away from me, boarding school made me more determined never to forget it.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac




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