elderly
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Sosa set out to buy groceries for the free-meal program he runs five days a week for about 350 mostly elderly people, using donations from friends and relatives in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
As Al-Louh spoke, a donkey cart with three elderly women and two elderly men as passengers came into view.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
I was a painfully shy introvert with a unibrow who yearned to be an elderly shut-in by age 9.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
‘I don’t wish to be cold-hearted’: My elderly relative can no longer care for himself.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Perhaps the elderly woman was a Double-Talk Folk, after all, telling Ophie to avoid the dead while she left sweets for her husband.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
Vocabulary lists containing elderly
Ancient Wisdom: Synonyms for "Old"
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"The Ugly One," Vocabulary from Chapters 16-20
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