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Recent Examples of drillmasterLynch, in particular, is a standout, weaving together a drillmaster persona, an occasional anxiousness, and a winking humor.—BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2022
An amateur concert pianist and part-time high school social-studies teacher, the center-right politician was the longest-serving Dutch Prime Minister in history.
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Adam Rasmi,
Time,
20 June 2025
My writing teacher, who is a poet from Argentina, and Elisa Medde wrote for my book.
The stern instructor displays a remarkable amount of patience as the student bashes the unfortunate victim against every solid surface in sight — even alien beings capable of traversing the cosmos can have bad days at the office.
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Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
20 June 2025
The staff of the kids’ club will accompany children ages four and up to the nearest ski resort, where they are then supervised by French Ski School instructors, reserved exclusively for the kids’ resort, leaving parents free to ski on their own or enjoy a day at the Evian spa.
The kids playing sports at big-time college programs are examples of this trend, but so are many of the straight-A students who attend classes at those same colleges, whose parents may have paid for private tutors and consultants to help secure admission.
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Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
More than half the tutors celebrated multiple students who were graduating.
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