pensioner
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A pensioner says trying to keep warm and afford heating this winter will be "horrific" amid rising energy costs.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Another pensioner, Lorraine Stevenson, said she was already limiting energy use where possible.
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
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
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
Most pensioners have other income, primarily from pension savings built up over their career.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Oil workers, pensioners and teachers have gathered to complain about the declining currency and rising cost of living.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 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 country was starved of hope, cars stuck for days in long, sweaty petrol lines, pensioners raising wilting placards demanding their pay, lecturers gathering to announce yet one more strike.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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