birthday
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"It was Alison's birthday the other day and there was a flurry of activity then," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
But the bitter divisions that had threatened the nation’s existence in its earliest years cooled, temporarily, as its 50th birthday approached.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Tying a bow on all this is the news that its BritBox debut on Tuesday, Sept. 15, coincides with Christie’s birthday and the traditional day-after-Emmys launch of the fall season.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
She told the court she struggled to sign birthday cards from the family, leaving an empty spot where her daughter's signature should be.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
She had to fry enough bread so that up to fifty people could have at least two pieces of frybread that evening at E’s surprise birthday party.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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As Loretta Savery’s longtime jeweler, Nelson Holdo remembered the little details: birthdays and anniversaries, where her sons went to college, their majors and if they had girlfriends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
So, based only on his current age of 80, Trump is likely to see eight more birthdays.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026
The grandchildren would get the annual required distributions, half on their birthdays, half at Christmas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
I’m proud to say that by the time my kids reached their 18 birthdays, they were thousandaires.
From MarketWatch ● May 5, 2026
On her birthdays, she would test for whatever license she was finally old enough to have.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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