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The local police — who were contacted by Licari’s and McKenny’s parents — began interrogating their fellow schoolmates, as well as McKenny’s cousin, up-ending their lives.
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Addie Morfoot, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
The future members of Creedence Clearwater Revival began playing together in 1959, when the Fogerty brothers were joined by schoolmates Stu Cook and Doug Clifford while growing up in El Cerrito, Calif.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Their son Marcus befriends a schoolmate, Quinn Rivers, who happens to be the daughter of the fire-and-brimstone leader of the religious group.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
For Musk—who had been bullied by both his schoolmates and his father—space offered the possibility of seizing the world by the lapels and announcing his greatness.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2025
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Addie Morfoot, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
The future members of Creedence Clearwater Revival began playing together in 1959, when the Fogerty brothers were joined by schoolmates Stu Cook and Doug Clifford while growing up in El Cerrito, Calif.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Their son Marcus befriends a schoolmate, Quinn Rivers, who happens to be the daughter of the fire-and-brimstone leader of the religious group.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
For Musk—who had been bullied by both his schoolmates and his father—space offered the possibility of seizing the world by the lapels and announcing his greatness.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2025
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“Schoolmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schoolmate. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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schoolmate
noun
school·mate
-ˌmāt 
: a companion at school
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