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boarding school

[bawr-ding skool] / ˈbɔr dɪŋ ˌskul /


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During a trip home to Argentina, he met Evelyn Penelope Jane Rose, known as Penny, an Englishwoman who was working as a teacher in a British-style boarding school in Buenos Aires.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

He attended the elite boarding school Eton, later revealing his hurt over William allegedly ignoring him while also there.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

Bush never quite lost his boarding school bearing.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

By 13, he was spending hours each day practicing alone in the basement at his boarding school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Those daydreams helped me escape from the boredom of boarding school.

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




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