elders
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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
The institute’s staff arranged small conferences to walk the elders through the personal histories of the refugees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The deceased were identified as elders from the First Nation, local media report.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
This set them on the wide path that led into the spacious circular compound of cobbled ground under the spreading areca nut tree, ringed with the houses of the village elders.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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