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Colin couldn’t find him, and in any case he was an old and trusted friend of several people who worked for the Institute of Peace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Be sure you’re attending networking events, staying in touch with old bosses and colleagues, and keeping your resume up to date.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
Around a third are over 90 years old and are far past their expected life cycles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
“All of our politicians and parties cater towards old people, which is not a bad thing,” said Phoebe Dolan, 28, co-director and one of its founding members.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
An old man in a cowboy hat with an eagle feather on it eases himself out of a truck.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
But in that year, the supplemental poverty measure, or SPM, indicated that elder poverty was at 10.6%, while the more accurate measure using tax records showed that poverty was only at 6.1%, Biggs said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
It also happens to be a marvelously made movie, though the elder Kazan focused solely on the fourth and final section of the novel, leaving it not just abridged but a bit adrift.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Some argue that the Census Bureau data paints an overly dire portrait of elder poverty.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
The elder Modrzejewski was critically injured in the incident and received an emergency blood transfusion from Pasadena Fire Department paramedics, an action that “probably saved his life,” according to city spokesperson Lisa Derderian.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
“Why didn’t your church elder report it to me? After all, I am the sheriff here.”
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
Many of the world’s biggest drugmakers have set their sights on China to look for new drug ideas, seeking to bolster their portfolios in preparation for older medicines going off patent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
He’d bring his homework to his job, and an older colleague, Ignacio, took interest in the books he was reading — mostly about Chicana/o studies and art.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
A woman — not much older than herself— told her she probably wouldn’t vote.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Millions of older Americans work to supplement their retirement income.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
Down by the boy’s waist, a pair of chubby hands appears, followed by the moon face of a smaller boy, a toddler who can’t be older than three.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
You named your eldest son Remington, after the rifle.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
After Clara died in 1896, her eldest daughter, Marie, purged even more, sharing only limited selections of Clara’s diaries with Clara’s biographer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 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
“So,” I said, “we do not do enough for you. These are fine words from an eldest son. They do not make good hearing.”
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
Maine consistently ranks among the highest in the country for voter turnout, even among young voters, despite having one of the oldest populations in the country.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Nasa chose the name Torridon due to the Torridonian Supergroup, a geological formation in the north-west Highlands that contains some of the oldest evidence of life of any rocks in the UK.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
"This fossil is the oldest known example of a largely complete digestive system in a reptile."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026
At 36, he’s the third-oldest player on one of the NHL’s oldest teams and the last holdover from the 2014 Stanley Cup team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
But he was the oldest of Clare’s fungi, and also, incidentally, the closest thing he had to a friend.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
