elderly

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In some cases, like at Tottenham Hotspur and Nottingham Forest, a reduction in concessionary-priced seating for young people or the elderly has also drawn ire.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Four in five include either a child, an elderly individual or a nonelderly individual with a disability.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Increasingly, Galsworthy turns to meditations, as in this passage from “Indian Summer of a Forsyte” as the elderly Jolyon looks back:

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Pollution is particularly dangerous to those with existing health problems, the elderly and children.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The elderly woman’s expression was hard in a way Ophie had never seen, not even the time she’d yelled at the cousins for tracking mud through the house.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland