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On Tuesday, the Irvine City Council approved a five-year agreement under which a yet-to-be-named minor league team would play at the sparkling ballpark within the city’s Great Park, starting next May.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Misra says even relatively minor technical failures can affect candidates in ways that are difficult to quantify.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
There’s the minor matter of a starting five.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
At Mercedes, his role will be filled by a minor reshuffle of the existing young-driver programme, arguably the most effective in F1.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
It’s a minor miracle, what Mrs. Tilbury can do with rationed ingredients.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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Yet the images of ebullient arrivals to Spain, a portion of them minors and some wearing only swimsuits and flip-flops, have already spread far and wide, threatening a rupture in relations with Rabat.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
That setting also allows content posted by older minors to be recommended through TikTok’s For You feed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
This time around, Hernández told the Times that he’s not going so he can focus on a rehabilitation stint in the minors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
"We urge the public not to disseminate related information, to reject cyberbullying, and to work together to create a good environment for the growth of minors," reads an official statement.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
I wondered if he saw that a major leaguer was here to play a season or two in the minors.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
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He is a St. Louis native and graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia, where he majored in journalism and minored in art history and archeology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
None of them minored in comedy in the School of Dramatic Arts — the program didn’t exist when they were students.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
I minored in women’s and gender studies as an undergraduate at New York University; as a law student at the same institution, I took courses in feminist jurisprudence and women’s rights in Islamic law.
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2023
He majored in communications and minored in English, with a goal of anchoring “SportsCenter” someday.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2023
“I minored in Spanish in college, sweetheart. I did a semester here. It’s where I met your dad...You know this!”
From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya
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There, I was a drama major, minoring in a little bit of everything.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025
“Right now, I’m a full-time student. I’m majoring in biology, minoring in computer science. My big goal is to become an astro microbiologist for NASA, so essentially looking for aliens.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
After majoring in philosophy and minoring in religion, he graduated in 1972.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
This summer, she will attend the pre-college music summer program at Carnegie Mellon University, a college that would allow her to major in music while minoring in computer science.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2022
Hensien is majoring in marketing and minoring in entrepreneurship and expects to get her degree this summer.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2022
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