pensioner
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"At first I was quite positive about the skyscraper," says Karvela, the pensioner.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
"Are we in a zoo or something?" 68-year-old pensioner Anton Sabucha protested to AFP, nodding to the signs outside his house.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
Eighty-year-old pensioner Maria Romero said: "This earthquake was horrible, even worse than the one in 1967."
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Despite his age, the pensioner is also partial to a bit of Pilates, and recently mastered the "crow" pose.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 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
The United Kingdom, for instance, considered doing away with checks entirely in 2009, but ultimately backtracked after pensioners protested to members of Parliament.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Jules Pritchard said many pensioners were "surviving rather than living"
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Inside the sprawling cultural complex, families, students, pensioners and young couples filled rows of seats facing giant screens broadcasting the match from the United States.
From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026
“But we pensioners, we survive. They choke and choke us, but we survive.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 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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