elderly
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Besides some streamer vlogs in the area, no formal article or website has ever recognized the elderly man as an idol.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Many elderly women and young girls also visit the shrine.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
A few hours earlier, while waiting for Wille outside the museum, I encountered an elderly Black man, apparently unhoused, standing on Michigan Avenue.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026
Pollution is particularly dangerous to those with existing health problems, the elderly and children.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
One day, as he was sunning this way, with wine in his belly, who should come huffing and puffing and staggering out of the stream but an obese, elderly frog.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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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Society
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