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But former Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge, working on the game as a pundit, said that his old team has needed a defensive midfielder for three years.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
After Jones shows me the lobby, we go up to the first floor, where we walk down a hall decorated with screenprints of old local maps to a guest room.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
In remarks to the press after the trial, the female jurors — who were old enough to be the girls’ mothers — demonstrated “zero sympathy” for them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Shah was propelled to office with enormous support offering a new face of old generation of leaders.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
“Paddling across the lake on a floating cardboard version of this old girl will be the most brilliant thing ever.”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
But Markey’s victory also fits a different pattern: In all three of those earlier races, the elder lawmaker lost to a more outspokenly progressive rival.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
Trump pardoned the elder Kushner in 2020 and named him U.S. ambassador to France in 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
"My elder brother Ram Sharan Rasaili is among those missing in Rasuwa. That's why we are out searching for him," Khatani told AFP at the government-run Bir hospital in the capital.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Her parents, Hassan El Khawas and Zeina Alayn, along with her elder sister Sara, died despite the efforts of paramedics at the scene.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
“All! What, all five out at once? Very odd! And you only the second. The younger ones out before the elder ones are married! Your younger sisters must be very young?”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
Under the screen-time policy, students have no access to screens until the second grade and permissible screen time is gradually expanded as students get older.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Despite his experiences, Duncan – who has since found work as a consultant – isn't against the idea of young people raising money to take on firms from older owners.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Its agentic AI layer sits on top of clients’ current technology, “analyzing the logic and the business context behind every application” to spot threats that older technology might miss, Gafni said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
At first glance, Markey’s win would seem to break a recent streak of older incumbents falling to more youthful candidates.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
He seems much older than the three years that separates him from Parker and me.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Everything is intended to go to my eldest grandson, who is unable to manage his finances because of severe mental illness.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
The Freeman’s middle children are just a little over a year older than the Heywards’ eldest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
The eldest is Kenny Heath, 63, a commercial fisherman who hauled in 32 bushels of crabs the day he put his 40-foot boat to the test in Pocomoke City.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The boys' father said: "We were in the hotel room when the eldest burst into the room. He was limping and there was blood everywhere after he cut all his feet leaving the spa."
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
“So,” I said, “we do not do enough for you. These are fine words from an eldest son. They do not make good hearing.”
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
Their oldest daughter has asked them about the tiny homes, built for the homeless, she has noticed around the city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Gonzalez is still reeling from the loss of her oldest son, as are his two siblings, ages 9 and 8.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Axpo said the second reactor at the Beznau plant in northern Switzerland, Europe's oldest nuclear power plant still in operation, went back online Thursday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Having been on the throne since 1991, King Harald is Europe's oldest head of state.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The oldest of the two sisters, Tía Asunción, who used to be Tía Leah, speaks firmly.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
