fifty
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"We had worked together for over fifty years and she was a beautiful person inside and out."
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
To investigate this connection, the team studied a large multicenter group consisting of fifty patients and one hundred brain hemispheres.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
He blunders on Warren Buffett, stating that his company, Berkshire Hathaway, hasn’t made a garment “in over fifty years,” but the company only closed its textile operations 41 years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
It would have been "virtually impossible" for such exceptional temperatures to occur in June fifty years ago, the World Weather Attribution group of scientists said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
James Fenimore Cooper was thinking of Hannah, his beloved older sister, who was thrown from a horse and killed fifty years ago that month.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
A surfer in his fifties was rushed to hospital on Monday after being bitten by a shark in Western Australia, the state government and local ambulance service said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Khaled Al-Badri, a Kuwaiti man in his fifties, told AFP he started turning off the air conditioning before leaving his house and switching off the outdoor lights.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Steven Andersen, in his fifties, the grandson of a Norwegian immigrant to the United States, was wearing the vibrant red jersey of Norway's team and drinking in the scene in a bar.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
A mum-of-three in her fifties, who spoke to the BBC on condition of anonymity, said she had studied for her degree at a franchised college in London.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
He looked to be in his late fifties, white, with a gray mustache.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
