eldest

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Spanish police said Tuesday they have arrested the eldest son of Mango clothing empire founder Isak Andic over his father's death during a hiking trip in December 2024.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Vicky was diagnosed with both quadriplegic and athetoid cerebral palsy at birth, and Sarah, the eldest of four siblings, recalls early life being a "constant battle".

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Grief of a different sort defined her relationship with her eldest child.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

She traces her relationship with making clothes back to being the eldest child of a seamstress.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

So the last Sunday before I go back to the front my father and eldest sister come over to see me.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque