schoolgirl
Example Sentences
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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
Standing in the corridors of power, she advocated for boxing as a tool for social change, sharing her own journey from insecure schoolgirl to a role model for the next generation.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026
Brahim Chnina, the Moroccan father of a schoolgirl who falsely claimed that Paty had asked Muslim students to leave his classroom before showing the caricatures, was sentenced to 13 years.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
Only three years had passed since she was a schoolgirl in geography class at Swanburne, doodling funny pictures in the margins of Cecily’s notebook.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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