geriatric
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It is doubtful that Liam Gallagher will turn up at the ceremony in Los Angeles this November, having previously declared that he wasn't interested in receiving an award from "some geriatric in a cowboy hat".
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
A neurologist, geriatrician or geriatric psychiatrist could assess him.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026
This makes sense to Dr Mary Ni Lochlainn, a clinical lecturer in geriatric medicine at King's College London.
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026
I tried leaning on it, hand on hip, and felt myself transformed from a geriatric sourpuss into a bemused observer of the human cavalcade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
These days it was popular only with the geriatric crowd, but this didn’t bother me.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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