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George Fenton, another key Blue Planet composer who'd worked on other BBC nature documentaries, as well as classic films such as Gandhi and Groundhog Day, died this week at the age of 76.
From BBC â Oct. 6, 2026
Ms. Li instead imagines Adelaide’s coming of age.
From The Wall Street Journal â Oct. 6, 2026
For me, this already is the golden age of the Dodgers, whatever happens this October notwithstanding.
From Los Angeles Times â Oct. 6, 2026
I do not dispute the fact that he has done well with his career path, having been able to retire before age 60, but plenty of people have done better than him.
From MarketWatch â Oct. 6, 2026
She’s older than our parents—closer to Dr. P’s age, probably, with short gray hair and a round, friendly face.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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The teacher says the lessons will be tailored to "different ages and stages" with younger pupils needing to be focused on foundational knowledge and critical thinking skills before moving on to practical uses of AI.
From BBC â Oct. 5, 2026
Voters of several ages and backgrounds spoke to AFP in Riga, expressing their priorities in an election dominated by but not limited to security issues.
From Barron's â Oct. 3, 2026
That’s something the company needs as the user base of Facebook and Instagram ages, analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal â Oct. 2, 2026
Among federal loans, borrowers between the ages of 50 and 61 have the highest average loan balance of $48,875, according to the Education Data Initiative.
From MarketWatch â Oct. 2, 2026
About twenty kids of different sizes and ages, girls and boys, were standing with their backs to me, facing a young woman with very short, reddish-purplish hair.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
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Police made 12 arrests following the protest on Haslar Road, 11 men aged between 22 and 59, and a 57-year-old woman.
From BBC â Oct. 6, 2026
At the time of her arrest she had 15 children aged under 12, 10 children under primary school age, and two children under the age of one in her care.
From BBC â Oct. 6, 2026
Five American women, aged 18 to 21, have joined the case as civil parties and were expected to testify by video link this week.
From Barron's â Oct. 5, 2026
Appointed in 2025 to succeed Virginie Viard, Karl Lagerfeld's discreet successor, Blazy landed one of the biggest jobs in fashion aged just 40.
From Barron's â Oct. 4, 2026
Pong watched the monk—who had aged now, into the wrinkled version that he remembered so well—as he blessed a little girl.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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While an ageing population and lower birth rates are limiting the supply of younger workers, higher participation rates among older employees and migration have helped to offset this decline.
From The Wall Street Journal â Oct. 1, 2026
The genomic resource could eventually contribute to human research involving ageing, immunity, and disease resistance.
From Science Daily â Sep. 30, 2026
India's single-screen cinemas have been steadily squeezed by multiplexes, streaming, rising property costs and the expense of maintaining ageing buildings and equipment.
From Barron's â Sep. 27, 2026
Horgan says she wanted to offer "an honest depiction of someone having a complicated relationship with ageing".
From BBC â Sep. 19, 2026
They were both old and round, and they lived in their flat with a number of ageing Highland terriers who had names like Hamish and Andrew and Jock.
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
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So an environmental review wouldn’t be required to fix an aging bridge or to harden transmission lines.
From The Wall Street Journal â Oct. 5, 2026
My follow-up conversation with Mishra brought up another change afoot in America beyond our aging demographics: the prevalence of GLP-1 usage.
From MarketWatch â Oct. 5, 2026
Sectors like pharmaceuticals could be a natural fit with China's population aging and healthcare costs rising.
From BBC â Oct. 5, 2026
Because muscle plays such a central role in movement, balance and recovery from illness, maintaining it becomes a key target for healthy aging.
From Science Daily â Oct. 2, 2026
There is a theory that the process of aging may be due to the cumulative effect of imprecision, a gradual degrading of information.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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