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At 17, an age when her classmates gravitated towards whatever was trendy, Bahng was singing along to Air Supply and whoever else came on her mother’s favorite oldies radio station.—
Jae-Ha Kim,
Rolling Stone,
23 Jan. 2025 -
Spokespersons for Hartford Public Schools did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday as to what measures school officials would take to assist students grappling with a classmate being shot.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
23 Jan. 2025
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Dozens of schoolmates chattered happily under the pines, kicking a soccer ball on sun-streaked grass, climbing a play structure and scarfing down pizza.—
Teresa Watanabe,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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Hayden’s own GoFundMe is full of the names of industry friends, childhood schoolmates, total strangers and people from around the world.—
Cindy Carcamo,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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Lewis said being from Kansas, lots of her students and colleagues went to watch the prestigious skating championship.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee and,
Kansas City Star,
30 Jan. 2025
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The city charter allows city council to expel their colleagues for violation of their rules with a two-thirds vote.—
Sam Allard,
Axios,
30 Jan. 2025
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Would Gertie, the dinosaur that stands in Echo Lake at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, like a playmate?—
Dewayne Bevil,
Orlando Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2025
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The Carters were the only white family in Archery, and his playmates were the children of Black tenant farmers.—
Lawrence Wright,
The New Yorker,
29 Dec. 2024
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In fact, his great comrade was Alain Sarde, who produced his films.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
17 Jan. 2025
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And while acting talent might be surplus to requirements, I was saddened to see the marvelous Mike Colter show up here as a supervillain who slaughters some of his own men to encourage obedience in their comrades.—
Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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The designer and her husband, Brian, settled on a home built in 1972 by architect John Haag, who worked for years as an associate in the office of Joseph Esherick, one of the community’s founding visionaries.—
Mayer Rus,
Architectural Digest,
23 Jan. 2025
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What to Know The NBI on Friday arrested a Chinese national with the surname Deng, and two male Philippine associates, called Besa and Fernande.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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In total, 58 of Upton’s shipmates died when the USS Utah quickly sank, and 461 sailors survived.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
28 Dec. 2024
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Svoboda was told the engineers were crucial in keeping the ship from capsizing by counter-flooding the engine room, essentially sacrificing themselves to save as many shipmates and ships around them as possible.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Dec. 2024
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Some American newbies have appealed to their compatriots to respect Chinese users on the platform.—
Eric Cheung,
CNN,
14 Jan. 2025
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Is Rodrygo underrated? Vinicius Jr’s compatriot Rodrygo has experienced a stop-start season.—
Guillermo Rai,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Schoolfellow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolfellow. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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