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Four of them succeeded, including American Elana Meyers Taylor, 41, who became the oldest athlete to win an individual gold in Winter Olympics history in the women’s monobob.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
In May 2025, just four months after he left office as the oldest sitting president, Biden revealed that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that had spread to his bones.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
That is the oldest truth about masculinity there is, and we have somehow arrived at a moment where a truck company has to remind us of it by getting it exactly backwards.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
The oldest in the U.S. was the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, established in 1790 at the Merchants Coffee House in Philadelphia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
I am the oldest, and so the worries reach me first.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
