elders
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“I don’t want to be one of the elders on some panel talking about what I would have, could have, should have done,” Newsom said.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
State Department to persuade village elders in Iraq to accept the refugees and provide them a path to a peaceful life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
To some Osage, especially elders like Lizzie, oil was a cursed blessing.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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