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boarding school

[bawr-ding skool] / ˈbɔr dɪŋ ˌskul /


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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

After attending the Connecticut boarding school Hotchkiss, she earned a scholarship to Princeton, arriving on campus in the late 1980s hoping to take at least one writing class with Toni Morrison.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Bush never quite lost his boarding school bearing.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Until this month, the resurrected Chevy Metal could only perform during Shane’s breaks from his boarding school on the East Coast, but he is newly graduated and ready to play.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

The boarding school was more than a hundred miles from my home, so our journey took us several days.

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




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