elder
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For what it’s worth, elder financial abuse also frequently happens in secrecy, although that does not mean it can’t also occur in plain sight.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2026
The song is a nostalgia hit for the elder millennials in the room, and it crystallizes this moment in time in the early 2000s, girls on the cusp of adulthood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
But despite Cárdenas’ political failures, he remained a respected elder statesman and a central figure on the Mexican left until his death.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
The elder Bolsonaro also traveled to Florida on the eve of Lula’s inauguration in December 2022 after losing the election.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
One morning, soon after their arrival, as she was sitting with her two elder sisters, she said to Elizabeth:
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
That the elders thought the exact same way?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
Prefunding pensions requires decades of steady capital accumulation and can force one generation to pay twice—for their elders and for their own pensions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Duwai approached village elders with a proposal to protect part of their fishing grounds, originally a 30-by-40-metre area within the reef.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Debora Jr., 27, told me it was pretty cool to be playing with a member of the Doors, a band he knew about through his elders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
“Jane, I don’t like cavillers or questioners; besides, there is something truly forbidding in a child taking up her elders in that manner. Be seated somewhere; and until you can speak pleasantly, remain silent.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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