schoolgirl
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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
As we leave the dilapidated compound, with books strewn across the floors of some classrooms, we spot a schoolgirl in uniform walking forlornly towards her home.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
The Altadena schoolgirl was witnessing the Big Bang of L.A. smog.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
One 17-year-old schoolgirl in north Tehran said the city felt like a vast cemetery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
Every year for two months Aureliano Segundo played his role of an exemplary husband and he organized parties with ice cream and cookies which the gay and lively schoolgirl enhanced with the clavichord.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
When the next streetcar rolls in, the upper deck fills with a gaggle of schoolgirls, squabbling over who gets the window seat closest to the sea breeze.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
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
Families of the schoolgirls recently told the BBC they felt they still had no answers for what happened.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2025
While playing for Wales schoolgirls together in 1977, the sisters were joined by Judith Williams and Janet Millar - who were also representing Wales again 47 years on.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2024
I pull her up on my hip and they drive off toward Fortification Street, and Baby Girl and me, we giggle like a couple a schoolgirls.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
