elder
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To choose the name, the researchers worked with Jarloo Kiguktak, an Inuit Elder and former mayor of Grise Fiord, the northernmost Inuit community in Canada.
From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026
For other people reading this who suspect an elderly relative is being scammed or on the brink of being scammed, contact the National Elder Fraud Hotline at 833-372-8311 or legal services and Adult Protective Services.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026
Elder has been in contact with a number of political representatives.
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026
Craft beer drinkers know Pliny the Elder as the inspiration for his namesake double IPA.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026
Now forced to accept that the Elder Wand was real, she maintained that it was an evil object, and that the way Voldemort had taken possession of it was repellent, not to be considered.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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