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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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