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Stupnikov, a recent graduate from a prestigious military academy in St. Petersburg, Russia, had a secret.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
For the past five years, Sweet and fellow graduate student Mat Bloomfield have worked with cell biologist Daniela Cimini to investigate cells carrying abnormal numbers of chromosomes, a common characteristic of cancer.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
And Stephen Isherwood, joint chief executive of the ISE, says it is "driving up the competition and pressure on students" in an already competitive graduate recruitment market.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
William Amaya added that he is a graduate of Franklin and there used to be one or more officers on campus who broke up fights and deterred others with their presence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
He’d let it slip my last night on Buck’s Peak, the same night he’d said he wouldn’t come to see me graduate.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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It’s in the second half of the novel, after Batter graduates from college, that the plot gains momentum and begins to soar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
But research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, external in February suggests Plan 2 graduates need to earn about £63,000 or more for a loan balance of £50,000 to start going down.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
A collapsing property market hasn’t found a bottom, legions of college graduates can’t find jobs and companies are struggling to turn a profit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
And can graduates still expect to earn sufficiently more than those without a degree to cover the cost of going in the first place?
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The Commandant graduates us, and the cheer that erupts out of the new Masks, raw and relieved, is what wrenches me from my thoughts.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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Soon after her failed initiative, Cutforth graduated and moved on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
A group of former Cornell students, who belonged to the same Chi Phi fraternity as the seven accused but graduated before the alleged incident, also complained of online smear campaigns.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Tom, 22, from Maidstone graduated last year with a geography degree and says he applied for over 200 jobs before finally landing a role last month as a restaurant manager.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
But by the time he graduated in January, the job market had gotten much tighter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Fabricius was born on 20 May 1537, in the town of Aquapendente, and graduated from Padua in 1559.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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Zacharia took the bar exam in California after graduating from law school but did not pass, according to the Wall Street Journal.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
After graduating from college in 2021, Jeremy Li got his first job at a film company relatively smoothly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
"We are glad that Rooppur is known to the world, and my friends and I hope that we will work at the plant after graduating from engineering schools," he added.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
He is the son of refugees who fled communist Vietnam and grew up in the San Gabriel Valley, graduating from Rosemead High School.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
There are maybe thirty people in each graduating class at Holy Cross.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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