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Stern: Ordinary people standing up for what they know the Constitution guarantees: That turns out to be the origin story of pretty much every major civil rights movement in America.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

Wembley Stadium's curfew is 23:00, although London Mayor Sadiq Khan and Brent Council have indicated they would be open to discussions about extending it for this major sporting event.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Because Jupiter and Saturn are both gas giants, astronomers have struggled to explain why their major moons developed so differently.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

Until the deal closes, one executive said, Hollywood effectively has one less major buyer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

One of the major lessons learned on May 18, 1980, is that landslides—often called “collapses” by volcanologists—are not only possible but common.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

Index gains were tempered by falls for oil majors, with BP down 3.8%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Jones paid tribute to Hensley Meulens, who became the first native of Curaçao in the majors when he debuted on Aug. 23, 1989, with the Yankees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

Still, that was never enough for him to be a true contender at majors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

As he began his bid to win two majors in the same season for the first time since 2014, McIlroy lurched from the sublime off the tee to the ridiculous on the green.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

“He’s changed majors, and it’ll take more time to finish school now. We need you to be open to this.”

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

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

As an undergraduate at Harvard, he majored in history and dreamed of becoming a professor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

Annika Duneja is a recent graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she majored in journalism and business and minored in French.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

There, she majored in illustration and took a six-week winter glass-working course that changed her life.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

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

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio

Starting in 2013, the number of students majoring in sociology dropped from 31,000 to 21,000 in 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 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

In 1992, I started at the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in communications and minoring in theater.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

Katie Karroum, a Cal State Northridge senior majoring in communication studies, said AI has been “inconsistently used and applied.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 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