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schoolgirl

[skool-gurl] / ˈskulˌgɜrl /




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The schoolgirl was named a Games MVP on Sunday to cap an extraordinary showing that saw her scorch to gold in the 200m butterfly and do the 200m-400m individual medley double.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

To onlookers, it was astonishing seeing a schoolgirl in a headband outwit adults who had been competing at top-flight events since before she was born.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Mourners dressed in black gathered on Sunday in the pavilion of Wat Lat Pla Duk in Nonthaburi province, bordering Bangkok, where the body of the slain schoolgirl, Naphat Chaima, lay for a ceremonial bath.

From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026

A schoolgirl who was wrongly sent from Northern Ireland to England for a termination was traumatised by the ordeal, her mother has said.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026

I wished he were less remote; and I anything but the creature that I was in my shabby coat and skirt, my broad-brimmed schoolgirl hat.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

While the 25 schoolgirls from Kebbi and 50 students from Papiri have been released, dozens of people remain missing.

From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025

After 24 schoolgirls were released from Kebbi, state governor Nasir Idris, said the release was secured through "non-kinetic" efforts -- such as diplomacy.

From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025

A roving, sumptuous narrative entrenched in the labyrinthine relationships of a small southern Italian town, “My Brilliant Friend” follows Lila and Elena, schoolgirls growing up in postwar Naples.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025

Another study released by Ungdomsbaromatern this August suggested it was even becoming an aspiration among younger schoolgirls, with 14% of seven to 14-year-olds identifying as soft girls.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2024

Girls walked arm in arm at B&I, the way French schoolgirls do.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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