middle age

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He notes that his grudge-holding is unbecoming of a man who’s pushing middle age before going on to attack his longtime producer Noah “40” Shebib.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

Honor, approaching middle age, is far from exhausted.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Someone who has no retirement savings in middle age can, unfortunately, receive the same amount of scorn as a well-heeled retiree who has $10 million in middle age.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

Ruth Jones and Steve Speirs are set to team up once again in a comedy about the challenges of relationships in middle age.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

But a strange and catholic selection of citizens tiptoed to the chapel door and peered in and went away—lawyers and laborers and clerks and bank tellers, most of them past middle age.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck