eldest
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After health problems forced my eldest sister into a nursing home recently, I thought about what I could do to make her feel more settled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Her eldest daughter, Avery, moved to the U.K. around two years ago and now travels across Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
In his place, his eldest son Flavio is running for the presidency in October elections.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
The eldest McCaffrey son called the 49ers star “the most intentional person I know.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
He married a young woman called Giulia in 1562, and Galileo was the eldest of seven children, three of whom seem to have died in infancy.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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