freshman
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Redeaux is a freshman at USC this season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
“He told me at the end of my freshman year, ‘You’re going to start and if you make a mistake, it’s OK.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Tarik Skubal underwent the procedure as a college freshman and Boston Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet had it in 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
One of the more bewildering primary results of the year came this week in Michigan’s 8th Congressional District, a swing seat currently represented by Democratic freshman Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
At about one-thirty on Tuesday afternoon, Holly Goldsmith, an eighteen-year-old freshman from Taos, New Mexico, decided to take her golden retriever, Milo, for a walk.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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When we met as freshmen in college, I immediately felt safe with him.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
But USC’s coaches were quick this week to note that the Trojans’ freshmen, no matter how talented, still had some acclimating to do.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Riley said he believes Mosley and Riordan — and any other freshmen, for that matter — should get the chance to play all five seasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Colleges have amassed redundant remedial programs to teach freshmen subjects they should have learned long before arriving on campus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
At school, she lets me out at the carport where all the freshmen and every other car-less soul hangs out.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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