generations

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That phrase has become a mantra for the following generations of players - and it will be particularly pertinent on Friday at the French Open.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Because they’re living longer, they aren’t passing all of that down to younger generations just yet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The variety of guests you have is a tremendous mix of generations from the Caribbean.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

For generations, our nation’s reigning political culture has celebrated armed self-defense as a fundamental right.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026

So peculiar was Bodin’s theory that Gaspar Schott, writing two generations later, simply could not understand it.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton