pensioner
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The pension is updated every October by at least the recorded increase in the pensioner retail price index for June.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
"People expect to see improvement overnight," said Annamaria, 67, a local pensioner and supporter of the prime minister who also declined to give her last name.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
“Here what worries us is having electricity, water and money and then resolving the day’s needs,” said Irelis Cedeño, a 65-year-old pensioner who lives just outside of Caracas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
German pensioner Petra Mertens did not hesitate when ordered to evacuate her home in the sleepy western border town of Monschau as an enormous fire advanced from neighbouring Belgium.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
The final addition to the regular group at the farm was Mr. Jelliman, an amiable white pensioner and old friend of the movement who became the farm foreman.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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He said pensioners had "reached the end of their working lives" and there was "nothing they can do to improve their circumstances", adding that they had "a right to be looked after properly".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The girls kept in touch throughout their childhood, then their teenage years, and as they settled down and had families - and are still in contact now they are pensioners.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Equiniti told the BBC it could not discuss individual cases but recognised the concern caused to pensioners.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
They include current and future pensioners from Rolls-Royce and British American Tobacco, which Pension Insurance Corporation took over before Athora swooped in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The old men, pensioners on their families, were made to run errands and mind babies, the only work left for old worn-out men in Williamsburg.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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