elder
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In the settlement, James Murdoch received roughly $1 billion and his elder brother, Lachlan, assumed power over the family’s assets.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
I was wondering how to financially prepare for elder pet care.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
A local elder says that child mortality, mainly due to malnutrition, has "really gone up" in the last two years.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
But Mozart’s genius obliterates Salieri’s limited talent so utterly that the elder musician is bewitched by it.
From Salon • May 16, 2026
But the Inuit did know, and among their descendants was a highly respected Inuit elder and schoolteacher named Louie Kamookak.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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