semester
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Gus’s interest in Mary—whose mother, Anna, is a television host in London—turns romantic after she becomes Mary’s model for a semester.
In the evolving landscape of college basketball, talented freshmen fated to spend two semesters on campus before rushing off to the NBA draft used to be all the rage.
After finishing the fall semester of his sophomore year, Bior returned to Uganda for winter break.
Inara George looks back on it now as wistfully as someone remembering a love affair or a semester abroad.
From Los Angeles Times
He glanced out the bright windows, then boomed, “Even the sunshine is somber today, brothers and sisters, when we see Miss Myrt Arbuckle on her final journey, as she swaps semesters for eternity.”
From Literature
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