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Gus’s interest in Mary—whose mother, Anna, is a television host in London—turns romantic after she becomes Mary’s model for a semester.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

But he couldn’t get an Ireland visa in time, forcing him to miss another semester.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Inara George looks back on it now as wistfully as someone remembering a love affair or a semester abroad.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

The BBC has verified footage of students marching at the Sharif University of Technology in the capital Tehran at the start of a new semester on Saturday.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

On the next exam I scored a B, and by the end of the semester I was pulling A’s.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover