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He also said if the Postal Service continued to build the portal after a court ordered it to stop, that would be a major problem.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Aside from French-based duo Barcola and Bouaddi, the majority of major signings made by Premier League clubs this month have been from rival clubs in the same division.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Since the turn of the century, the average for major studios this century has been about 15 wide releases annually.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Holding in the 4% to 5% range isn’t a major concern, given that companies have been able to adapt to those more historically normal yield levels, Albahary said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
The Bay of Pigs was his first major act on the world stage.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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The longest in the majors, going on 12 seasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
He has reached at least the semi-finals eight times at the past 12 majors.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Stocks in the continent drifted more broadly, as weakness in oil majors and luxury stocks dragged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
And though the accommodations changed throughout the years, they’d remain roommates through 2010, their debut season in the majors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
It seemed normal to all of us, but the majors expression grew stormy throughout the courses.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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"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
She attended Brandeis University, where she majored in political science and performed in musicals and cabaret.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 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
I majored in drama at NYU and studied in the program’s experimental-theater wing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 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
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At the Kelley School, where currently 278 students are majoring in real estate, faculty picked only 20 to manage the private-equity fund.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
While studying in an NYU library, he met Sarah Fryer, who was majoring in psychology and biology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
He walked onto the team at Texas A&M, majoring in business finance, planning to stick around campus long enough to earn a master’s degree.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 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
I was majoring in sociology, pulling good grades.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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