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This week, major clashes erupted in Tigray and quickly spread into the neighbouring Afar and Amhara regions.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

A Shell refinery in Qatar that was damaged is a major source of base oils for products that end up in the U.S., said Nate Chenenko, an automotive aftermarket specialist at consulting firm Ducker Carlisle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

US President Donald Trump took Chinese leader Xi Jinping to see the founding documents of American democracy on Friday, capping a state visit full of pomp and pageantry but with no major breakthroughs.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

Quixote’s retreat comes amid a major slowdown in Hollywood production, as many productions leave California in pursuit of tax incentives around the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

President Harry Truman countered with the next major escalation.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

When these graduates landed work, they were also likely getting paid less compared to peers who had majors that were less vulnerable to AI’s advance in the workplace.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Students graduating with majors that were most exposed to AI in the workplace had a 5-percentage-point drop in their chance of employment in the quarter after graduation, according to a U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

They also lead the majors in road attendance this season, having drawn 2.82 million, or 36,159 a game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

The Dodgers rank fourth in the majors in earned-run average.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

I don’t claim to have been that great, but it would have been nice to carry a childhood dream of playing in the majors that most children have.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson

Before he spent nine seasons as a major-league outfielder, Venable majored in anthropology at Princeton, where he starred in baseball and basketball.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

"Since I am the first I feel a great responsibility to pave the way for other women athletes who love playing games as much as I do," said Park, who majored in taekwondo in college.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

After coming through the LTA system, Fery opted to go on a scholarship to Stanford University in California - a prestigious institution that specialises in research - and majored in science, technology and society.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

But AI wasn’t allowed for quizzes or exams testing memorized subjects, said the 22-year-old, who majored in business computer information systems.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

As Fadi skimmed the paragraphs, he learned that Millicent Chao was a graduate of Stanford University and had double majored in architecture and East Asian history.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

Despite her patchy schooling, Steinem received a scholarship to Smith College, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa after majoring in government.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Starting in 2013, the number of students majoring in sociology dropped from 31,000 to 21,000 in 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

Katie Karroum, a Cal State Northridge senior majoring in communication studies, said AI has been “inconsistently used and applied.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026

When senior Malaya Galindez, 21, who aspires to be a physician and is majoring in health and human sciences, told her parents that she intended to minor in comedy, her father was surprised.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025

Instead I was majoring in hustling, something no university would give me a degree for.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah