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

“Where is Principal Dressback???” a schoolmate and friend, Karl Julian, titled a video on his YouTube channel.

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2024

Suspicion soon fell on 20-year-old Samuel Woodward, Bernstein’s former schoolmate at the Orange County School of the Arts, who had admitted to being with him in the park the night he disappeared.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2024

“She could talk to anyone,” said Molly Trujillo, a West Virginia schoolmate who became Carolina’s closest friend.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2023

More troublesome was his friendship with his old schoolmate Cloke Rayburn; and most troublesome of all, Marion.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt