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Now 32 years old, time is running out for him.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
The United States on Friday lifted an hours-long ground stop at the nation's airports, with top officials explaining that the disruption was due to old equipment and not a cyberattack or sweeping Microsoft outage.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
Jojo was less than a year old – an infant clinging to his mother – when he was captured and sold.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
The book is an unfiltered history of the transition from the old Hollywood studio system over to a new, more director-centered system, written by a participant in the change.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
When those supplies are gone, the toys are made from scraps and old clothes.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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The elder Bolsonaro stayed for around three months, living at the home of a friend before returning to Brazil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
The elder Bolsonaro also traveled to Florida on the eve of Lula’s inauguration in December 2022 after losing the election.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
There’s a significant difference, legally and morally, between financial mismanagement and elder financial abuse.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
According to NPR, the elder Evans showed up for jury selection under the name “Hanson,” introducing himself to reporters as a concerned citizen who fixed up old cars for a living.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Bliksem must be an elder relative, Nhamo decided.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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The product will initially be available to Pro subscribers aged 18 and older in the U.S. with eligible U.S.-issued cards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
A major new study suggests that many adults age 70 and older who have never experienced a heart attack or stroke may be able to stop taking statins without substantially increasing their short-term cardiovascular risks.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
For everyone else, AARP, the organization and lobbying group representing older Americans, has just weighed in with an important contribution, albeit one that is still far from the last word.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
A recent poll by Survation for the pro-independence group YesCymru suggested people under 35 in Wales were more in favour of independence than their older peers.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
Your older sister’s throwaway comment sliced right to your center.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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With the peak of the baby-boomer generation turning 65 this year and the eldest of them hitting 80, caregiving is a hot-button issue.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
Sian Randall, headteacher at Sea Mills Primary School, where the two eldest children were pupils, said there were "no words that display the depth of sorrow".
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
The report described her eldest daughter, Isra Hirsi, pulling into the driveway after dark and carrying a bag into the house.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
Being the eldest son of Spartacus wasn’t easy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Feeling the black-furred creature begin to stir, Emily let her thoughts move away from her eldest daughter and sent the tendrils of a worrying disposition out toward her youngest.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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His 2017 memoir “Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship and Purpose,” about his relationship with his oldest son Beau, was a No. 1 bestseller.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
The researchers identified the oldest known genetic traces of sheeppox virus in sheep teeth recovered from ancient pastoralist settlements in the Eurasian steppe.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
He welcomed oldest daughter Corinne in 1994 with ex Connie Kline, then Anelise Bishop in 2008 with ex Kristin Grannis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
David Jones, Australia's oldest department store chain, has gone into voluntary administration, putting thousands of jobs at risk.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
“One of the oldest adages in investing is that if you’re reading about it in the paper, it’s too late,” he said.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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