major

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“For nine years,” he told the New York Times, “I felt as though I had one foot in the major leagues and one on a banana peel.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

In a statement, Tata said, as with many major projects, "timelines continue to evolve as detailed engineering, construction and infrastructure work progresses".

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

American athletes like to talk about hitting the road for major games as “just a business trip”—and for the U.S. men’s national team, this will feel just like one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

While the majority of players on this summer’s team play for major teams in Europe, only eight players on the 1994 squad had a club affiliation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

But it would not be until the early 1940s that a major breakthrough would allow more efficient undersea explorations, discoveries, and excavations in the form of an invention by Jacques Cousteau and Emile Gagnan.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler