classmate
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A college classmate died after stopping to help a pregnant woman down 72 flights of stairs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Another woman said her 12-year-old daughter was a classmate of the dead girl.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
In March 2026, the classmate filed a civil lawsuit naming Griffin, ghostwriter Sam Lansky and the book’s publisher, alleging invasion of privacy, negligence and infliction of emotional distress.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
They usually don’t teach a class on what to do when a classmate can’t get a word out, or teach the teacher to wait.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Gentle, genially dignified, a scholar with work-calloused hands and sunburned neck, he’d been a classmate of Herb’s at Kansas State University.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
Fourth-grader Landon Gonzalez and one of his classmates ran the 5K at the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
In Shijiazhuang, an industrial city of seven million northeast of Dazhai, 20-year-old Wang Zhihao and his classmates posed with a giant Mao statue opposite the municipal government.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
But even that outdoor time was sometimes withheld when her classmates “behaved poorly”—a common disciplinary tactic that the national guidance recommends against.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
“These girls, their families were so wealthy, every year they got a new car,” Smith said of her private-school classmates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Maybe if this was a bust, she could try Anat’s classmates; maybe they’d have leads on where she might be able to find Anat.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
