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primary school

NOUN
elementary school
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Set and filmed in north Norfolk, Ifans plays Tony Evans, the deputy head of a primary school, while Linney stars as Emma Dretzin, a pianist, composer and mother of two daughters.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

"To me the diamonds have failed us," says Abubakar Amara, a primary school teacher in Kono.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Nine-year-old Blake is trying to climb over the locked gates of his former primary school, St Dominic's in Hackney, when we meet him.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

He told the BBC he was both overwhelmed and comforted by the massive police presence when he arrived at the centre, San Diego County's second largest mosque, which also houses a primary school.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

As they passed the primary school with its trimmed hedges of whistling pine, Ifemelu suddenly imagined that she was indeed pregnant, and the girl had used expired test chemicals in that dingy lab.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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