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prep schools

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plural of prep school

as in boarding schools

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In Texas, parents have demanded that school districts ban all energy drinks in the public schools.

— Kent Sepkowitz, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
This all comes at a time when ICE arrests have reached a record high—nearly fifty-one thousand in August alone—with agents conducting operations nationwide at hospitals, at airports, and outside schools.

— Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

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