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During the day, he loads it with heavy goods that he hauls around Old Delhi’s crowded wholesale markets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2026

By the 1890s, lines such as the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad carried fresh milk to the district daily.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026

It comes from a bald eagle known as "Old Abe" -- named for president Abraham Lincoln -- that served as a mascot to Union troops in over 30 battles in the US Civil War.

From Barron's • Jul. 2, 2026

The ancestral home of George Washington's family - Washington Old Hall, Tyne and Wear - is just one such location, where local young people are set to read from the document on 4 July itself.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

For a second, I was so excited I almost forgot myself and was just about to urge Rowdy on, when I thought of that Old Man of the Mountains.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls