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It’s about 20 miles north of downtown Boston and offers a small-town feel while being close to major employers, such as the Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Great Britain's Amy Hunt wins her first major gold medal with victory in the 100m at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
The acquisition would give Hanwha access to major contracts including some of America’s most sensitive naval programs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The third-year Athletics shortstop played his 111th consecutive game without an error Sunday, setting a major league record at his position.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The CEOs of every major Wall Street firm were also on the wrong end of the gamble.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
As of Monday, they’re tied with Milwaukee for the most wins in the majors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Ryan, who made four major-league starts in 2024, has the stuff to compete in the majors, but health has kept him from another call-up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
The Brewers also posted the best record in the majors last year, then the Dodgers swept them in the National League Championship Series.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
Former world number one Thitikul, who has 11 top-10 finishes in majors, said the stronger wind compared with Thursday played a part in her scoring.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
He searches the audience for someone he knows, but it isn’t his crowd—lots of lit majors with leather satchels and gold- rimmed glasses and fountain pens, lots of people Ruth would have waved to.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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
I took that work ethic to the California Institute of the Arts, where I majored in acting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
There, she majored in illustration and took a six-week winter glass-working course that changed her life.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
Gonzalez Rogers was born in Houston and majored in politics at Princeton University before getting her law degree from the University of Texas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
“Stephen, I didn’t study how to save your ass in Waynesboro. I majored in political science. If your problem was to do with proportional representation in Switzerland, I might be able to help you.”
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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
He is a student at Syracuse University, majoring in magazine, news and digital journalism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Madison Everlith is a rising senior at Pace University in New York City, majoring in women and gender studies, along with peace and justice studies.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
In 1992, I started at the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in communications and minoring in theater.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
When I was majoring in Asian-American studies, I took only one relevant course, in theater set design, for a college production of Madama Butterfly.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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