pensioner
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Maureen Sloan said, as a pensioner on a fixed income, her outgoings on the basics including utilities and rent meant she was left with very little else to spend each month.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 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
Detectives have appealed for help identifying a pensioner whose body was found in a bin bag in a park.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 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
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It appealed to teachers and students, workers, pensioners and farmers to take part in the protests on the first day of half-term holidays.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
The senior-most claimants on the French state instead are its pensioners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Abascal, who died on Wednesday, became the symbol of a crisis that cuts across Spanish society: young and old, renters and buyers, workers and pensioners.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
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
Jule walked past men in sports jerseys, pensioners, party girls, and a large group of librarians wearing conference badges.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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