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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 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
According to NPR, the elder Evans showed up for jury selection under the name “Hanson,” introducing himself to reporters as a concerned citizen who fixed up old cars for a living.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
It is puzzling to me why Maupassant’s elder and mentor, Gustave Flaubert, is the object of so much cultish admiration while the protégé is comparatively neglected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Jackson Park was one square mile of desolation, mostly treeless, save for pockets of various kinds of oak—burr, pin, black, and scarlet—rising from a tangled undergrowth of elder, wild plum, and willow.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
That the elders thought the exact same way?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
"If they would like to become one of Jehovah's Witnesses again and would like to speak to the elders, then they're very welcome to do so."
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 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
A child cannot quarrel with its elders, as I had done; cannot give its furious feelings uncontrolled play, as I had given mine, without experiencing afterwards the pang of remorse and the chill of reaction.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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