schoolmate

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De Vusser, a former schoolmate of Boone’s who has since been promoted to Bain’s chief executive, advised Lotus to focus its global growth efforts on Biscoff rather than its other products.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

“In 1989, I believe I lost three brothers,” said a tearful Hecht, who still can’t believe that a schoolmate of hers has been in prison for decades.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2024

He later cultivated a close relationship with Jiang Zemin, a former schoolmate from Shanghai who rose to become China’s president and who died in 2022.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2024

We as the reader come to this fictional Diana through a fictional schoolmate Sandy she confides in, who she then has this pivotal recurring moment with later on near the end of her marriage.

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2023

A schoolmate plopped down beside her, and two other Booker T. Washington students took the seats across the aisle in the same row.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose