schoolboy
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Browne is intellectual, playful, cheeky — the domain of schoolboy dreams and art world fancy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
The schoolboy said it would be "quite unusual" to become the youngest amputee to complete the challenge and added he was proud of himself for signing up.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
“The Boys of Dungeon Lane” begins with “As You Lie There,” his fond remembrances about a schoolboy crush.
From Salon ● May 12, 2026
In “Conundrum,” Morris claimed that it had “seemed perfectly natural to me to play the girl’s role” in schoolboy romances at Lancing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
A gem held out by a grubby schoolboy.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
Like many schoolboys, I idolized Indiana Jones and James Bond for all the usual reasons, not least their double lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
A lifelong Everton fan, his friends remember Burnham as a competitive, sports-mad child, who was a fast bowler for Lancashire schoolboys cricket team.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
"Hanging by a Wire" tells the story of the nail-biting race to save schoolboys dangling from a stranded cable car in the Himalayan foothills.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
In one shot, a crowd of schoolboys share their dreams with the camera.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
“Béene, think,” he said patiently, as if I were one of his schoolboys stumped on an easy problem.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
