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Moreno had sons graduate from Servite in 1997 and 1999.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Continuing to progress rapidly following an injury-disrupted start to her senior career, the Cambridge University graduate claimed a breakthrough first individual global medal with world silver in Tokyo last year.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Teirab, a former Marine and a Harvard Law graduate who’d run unsuccessfully for Congress as a Republican, responded with a blunt reality check.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
A hit special released by Netflix in 2023, “Beautiful Dogs,” helped Gillis graduate to sports arenas on tour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
As a young college graduate, she had regarded suffragists with a skeptical eye.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
A high-school class of 200 might see 30 graduates stick around.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
America’s leading universities devote enormous effort to preparing graduates for participation in a dynamic market economy, yet daily campus life is one of the least market-oriented environments in the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
New graduates lament that while their college professors discouraged the use of AI tools, hiring managers applaud it.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
"We believe that now is the time to create a system that is fair and that unshackles millions of graduates from mountains of student loan debt," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The graduates sat in the front part of the auditorium and the guests in the back.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
Before Shane graduated high school, the last time Chevy Metal played a hometown show was at the Viper Room on New Year’s Eve.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Until this month, the resurrected Chevy Metal could only perform during Shane’s breaks from his boarding school on the East Coast, but he is newly graduated and ready to play.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
He won a spot at Beijing’s prestigious Tsinghua University and was a party member before he graduated from its electrical engineering department in 1951.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
They began their studies in economics at Rome's Sapienza University in November 2025, having graduated high school in Gaza with scores above 99 percent.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
That was quite an accomplishment in an era when the average Negro had been able to attain only an eighth-grade education, and only about 5 percent had graduated from college.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
She entered politics soon after graduating and in June 2020 became an assistant White House press secretary.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
After graduating from Huntington Park High School, he earned a master’s in history from San José State University.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
A 2026 survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers found that 44% of graduating seniors had received at least one job offer before commencement.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Aschenbrenner first made his way to California, after graduating from Columbia University in 2021 at age 19.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
He was dressed in a cap and gown like people wear when they are graduating.
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
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