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He was 27 years old when he won his first England cap.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

We are therefore once again in a Gramscian bind, caught between the old which will not die and the new which struggles to be born.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

She later went from a figure-hugging sheer lavender Gucci gown to a playful daytime polka dot ensemble from Jacquemus matched with retro white sun glasses, with Elle magazine praising her "old Hollywood" dash.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

“But we’re so tired of it,” a 79-year old actor explained to me.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

How could we have guessed as we sat there—two middle-aged spinsters and an old man— that in place of memories were about to be given adventures such as we had never dreamed of?

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom