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A U.S. trade pact with Europe could encompass friendly democracies and revive the old alliance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Mediapart's investigation is built on comments in private chats allegedly written by Bardella in the summer of 2013 when he was 17 or 18 years old.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
The advanced method is known as ancestral sequence reconstruction, which was pioneered by Joseph Thornton, a former UO scientist whose old laboratory space is now occupied by Barber's group.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
Recently, a friend of mine, a three-time Trump voter, 65 years old, eighth-generation Texan from an oil and gas family—I was there years ago when he met his now wife, who was an immigrant.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
All day, it had been a replay of that old First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Student Association debate.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Healthcare professionals “are often undertrained and ill-equipped in diagnosing elder abuse.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
"My elder daughter came to me early in the morning and said, 'Mummy, I want to take part in a running race'," she told BBC News Marathi from her home in Beed district.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
The elder Ellison announced in 2024 that Oracle would be moving again, this time to Nashville, although that relocation hasn’t been finalized.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
“Coltrane: The Definitive Visual Celebration of the Legend” also includes seven short essays, representing diverse responses to the elder Coltrane’s music and personality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
One elder would say, “Oh, I want to move to that big rock in the distance. That’s where my grandfather is buried. It is a very good area for cows.”
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
Her children, who are now adults, would constantly be pulled out of class and weren’t able to take electives like their peers as they got older.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
She described the vets in the study as older and sicker than the general public.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Glucosamine is widely sold without a prescription and is especially popular among older adults who take it for joint discomfort and joint health.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
And Maricarmen Arnedo, a 76-year-old pensioner, said that while older people were being forced out of their homes, "young people can't move out of their parents' homes".
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Not only to me but to all the Phillips workers, Mr. Moorman acted more as a kindly older brother than a crew boss.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
You named your eldest son Remington, after the rifle.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
Jonathan Burton was a clarion Malcolm, Duncan’s eldest son and heir; soprano Jazmine Saunders had an eerie, offstage cameo as the apparition of the Bloody Child.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Chuvalo is survived by his eldest son Mitch, daughter Vanessa, grandchildren, and second wife Joanne.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
"Kim himself inherited power as the third-generation leader despite not being the eldest son," he noted.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
The decadent eldest son, Prince Balekin, is sprawled in a carved chair, three attendants around him.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Yes, he can come across as cocky, but he's well grounded, not just by Richter, but by having his oldest brother there in the locker room with him.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Probably designed and made soon after 1066 at Canterbury, it is not a true tapestry, but an embroidered narrative, and the oldest and most complete one we have.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Born in Yakima, Wash., MacLachlan grew up the oldest of three boys; his parents were solidly middle-class, with his father working as a lawyer, and then stockbroker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
From Doggerland, the stone could eventually have been transported toward the Berkshire Ridgeway, regarded as the oldest road in Europe.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
"The bukshah could not drink at all today," said Lann, the oldest person in the village and once the greatest fighter.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
