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Now, like getting an old band back together, Ram is leaning unapologetically into V-8-powered machismo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Nasarenko said he was the beneficiary of a 2018 law that grants prison inmates who had served 25 years continuously and were over 60 years old an opportunity to seek elder parole.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Volunteers have taken on the mammoth task of restoring an old observatory to its former glory.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
It’s a tale as old as Dickens: No one likes a Scrooge.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
“He’s just an old man in a nursing home.”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Nasarenko said he was the beneficiary of a 2018 law that grants prison inmates who had served 25 years continuously and were over 60 years old an opportunity to seek elder parole.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
On Tuesday, the San Diego County district attorney’s office announced its decision to pursue capital punishment against Leticia McCormack, who was an ordained elder and youth minister at a San Diego church.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Malick Thiaw was among the elder statesmen as he led Newcastle out as captain on his 25th birthday and this side will certainly need youthful vigour to play Jaissle's intense brand of football.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Now, at age 88, he is a revered elder, a guru to younger bandmates, and no less bold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
I had been disrespectful of an elder, and that is very bad in our society.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
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The running backs coach is the older brother of 49ers star Christian McCaffrey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
But in the Kimana reserve, AFP journalists saw six carcasses on Wednesday -- some fresh, others older -- with rangers also observing partial paralysis, preventing the animals from standing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Only a few years old, these products have been a hot draw among older investors who want to capitalize on surging markets while still protecting their savings, earning them the moniker “boomer candy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
"I thought I was such a sophisticated older man," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
When I asked what she meant, she just said that she’d tell me all about it when I got older.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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Their eldest might fail her final year after breaking a bone during her exams.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Her eldest daughter, Avery, moved to the U.K. around two years ago and now travels across Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The eldest McCaffrey son called the 49ers star “the most intentional person I know.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
She died in hospital during surgery, after exchanging "heartfelt 'I love you's with her eldest daughter", her family said in the GoFundMe page launched after her death.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
“The second eldest liked to test his strength, so I made sure he had challenging arenas.”
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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Their moves have struck a chord with many in Italy -- whose population is the oldest in the European Union.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
The region’s rocks preserve fossils from different stages in the evolution of terrestrial vertebrates, including some of the oldest known dinosaurs and large predators that lived before the Age of Dinosaurs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
The oldest house in the collection dates back to 1840 and displays a typical home of a wealthy family in the early Victorian period.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
The Silver Platter has operated since 1963, becoming one of Los Angeles’ oldest and most enduring gathering places for queer and transgender Latinos in Westlake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
“Inside these containers are some of the oldest spices known to the world. Each has certain properties that can be used.”
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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