elders
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Duwai approached village elders with a proposal to protect part of their fishing grounds, originally a 30-by-40-metre area within the reef.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Party elders once settled on state governors and army generals as presidential nominees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
It’s important that party elders call out bigotry wherever it emerges, including within their ranks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Under shaded tents, plates overflow with fried fish and macaroni salad as elders hold court, trading stories about “the old record shop on Avalon” and the Los Angeles they remember “before the riots.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Never had she heard her elders arguing like this.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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