skipping school
Example Sentences
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Researchers are interviewing students and families to try to understand why so many kids are skipping school.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2025
The lead educational psychologist for Glasgow, Barry Syme, told the BBC that absence is not generally about kids skipping school.
From BBC • Dec. 9, 2024
In Stockholm, 15-year-old Greta Thunberg has been skipping school to sit outside Sweden’s parliament building.
From NewsForKids.net • Jun. 15, 2023
Orange was arrested in mid-February, ostensibly because one protest included students skipping school.
From Washington Times • Jun. 7, 2023
In fact, skipping school entirely seemed like it might not be a bad idea.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
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