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Ravens optimists can daydream about a miracle recovery from thumb surgery, or a graying Flacco lurching around the pocket like a rusty Ford F-100, but hope is draining away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

They are graying and a bit world-weary now as they file into a courtroom in Las Vegas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

It was hard to tell who was happier: the current team or those graying alums, proud to at last have company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Behind him, a mature Joshua tree was dying, its graying limbs drooping sadly.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

At my old school, teachers were either really old with wrinkles and graying hair or else young with ponytails and, sometimes, pimples.

From "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes


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