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That’s why any major pullback or bear market in stocks “will rock the economy,” she said, pointing to the 2001 recession that followed the bursting of the dot-com bubble.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

And it has a major edge over competing devices from Amazon and Google: access to the data on your iPhone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Palisades Village reopened in August after more than $100 million in renovations, including major infrastructure work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

People can still use some social media platforms, but a lack of electricity in large parts of the country, high costs and low literacy rates remain major barriers.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

I felt proud knowing that she, too, planned to major in math and imagined herself working at NASA.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

The American League has thrown up an even more extreme case in the Tampa Bay Rays, who have the 27th payroll in the majors and are making small ball cool again.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Shell and other oil majors are seeing "an unprecedented widening of the refining spread", said Kathleen Brooks, research director at trading group XTB.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

They were third in the majors in walks and near the bottom in strikeouts, which allowed them to manufacture runs by stringing together long innings rather than relying on the long ball.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

You’ll need engineers and coders, but also prelaw and political-science majors to clear the regulatory path, philosophers and marketing majors to write press releases, designers, nutritionists, etc.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

So I looked up the requirements for English majors at the city college where my mother taught.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

Alec Litowitz majored in math at MIT and went on to earn a law degree and an MBA.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 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

Dad majored in architecture, like I will one day, and Mom studied interior design.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio

Eftekhar was a sophomore majoring in math, UC Irvine spokesperson Tom Vasich said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

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

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

Sherry Zhou, a senior majoring in political science and communications, said the timing was difficult with major assignments due and many professors using Canvas to share readings and slide decks.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

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