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[ohld] / oʊld /




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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is set to visit the frontier zone on Wednesday, where workers have in recent weeks taken down the old chain-link fencing between Gibraltar and Spain.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

"I remember vividly reading it on the 273 bus to Ealing from my home in Ruislip, when I was about 11 or 12 years old," he reminisces.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

“The chance of the region and Hormuz going back to the old normal is effectively zero,” said Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, a Washington-based think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Jaxon, 21, is older than Eli, who was the youngest player to go No. 1 overall at 17 years, 216 days old.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Was there a chance the old fox had been mistaken?

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

The elder Ellison, one of the world's richest men, is a close ally of Trump and a major donor to his political campaigns.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

Howard Lutnick’s sons and other Cantor executives have maintained that the elder Lutnick has no knowledge of or involvement with firm matters.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

There is a statute of limitations on financial elder abuse, but in this case, pursuing legal action seems like a fruitless task.

From MarketWatch Jul. 7, 2026

The elder statesman died peacefully at his home in Leimert Park, his son said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2026

The elder says that Chief Powhatan is in another village, thirty miles away.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

Jaxon, 21, is older than Eli, who was the youngest player to go No. 1 overall at 17 years, 216 days old.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Lung cancer has traditionally been associated with older adults, smokers, and men.

From Science Daily Jul. 13, 2026

They warn that significant impacts are likely across health and social care services due to the high temperatures, including a rise in deaths, particularly among those with health conditions or aged 65 and older.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

“If you’re older, it’s having enough money to cover every ‘what if’ as it relates to long-term care,” Ware said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 12, 2026

Noah looks hardly any older than Leah, and Janneke is even younger.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Born in Tlatlaya, Mexico, on March 3, 1974, Lorenzo Salgado was a man of routine, Ronaldo Salgado, his eldest son, told a press conference on Wednesday, the day after his death.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

It's sequenced with another cross-generational saga, The Test, where Madonna and her eldest daughter, Lourdes Leon, thrash out their differences over a spacious, trancey instrumental.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

Nara and Lucky Blue Smith, 28, married in 2020 and share four children: eldest daughter Rumble Honey, son Slim Easy, Whimsy Lou and infant Fawnie Golden.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

As summer unfolds, I’ve been thinking of a June week years ago that I spent watching my eldest brother read “Moby-Dick” clean through.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

Several times Carla, the responsible eldest, did something crazy.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

Off screen, she worked as a specialist and auctioneer at Lyon & Turnbull, the oldest auction house in Scotland.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

The oldest in the U.S. was the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, established in 1790 at the Merchants Coffee House in Philadelphia.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

Ken Rosewall, at 39 years and 234 days, is the oldest man in the Open era to win a Grand Slam singles title.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Researchers recently examined the second oldest quasar in the new collection in greater detail.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

Kate seems to have still attended school, but her evenings were free to help her oldest sister with New York’s spirit work.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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