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Tracey Taylor, whose baby daughter Shelby-Anne died at four days old, has spent years campaigning for justice over the scandal.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Their research focused on the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936, a group of people whose cognitive abilities have been tracked from childhood into old age.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
The brass band pauses, leaving a plaintive solo violin hanging in the air—in Bruch’s description, “an old bard who contemplates a ruined castle and laments the glorious times of old.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The film’s multigenerational story touches on the cultural inheritance passed between mothers, daughters and grandmothers — whether through old traditions or ordinary rituals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Perhaps the constant jarring in the driver's seat of a lumbering stagecoach causes a concussion on the site of the old damage.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
It is puzzling to me why Maupassant’s elder and mentor, Gustave Flaubert, is the object of so much cultish admiration while the protégé is comparatively neglected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Martell first started singing as a child with her elder brother's band before she went on to perform with the Jimmie McGregor Band at the Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow as a singer.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
But in that year, the supplemental poverty measure, or SPM, indicated that elder poverty was at 10.6%, while the more accurate measure using tax records showed that poverty was only at 6.1%, Biggs said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Tshenatshe Monwela, an elder in Maun, a tourism town in north-western Botswana told local media that his community should have received buffalo instead.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The chief elder held up his hands for complete silence, then nodded.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
But many older viewers also seem comfortable with it.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
The findings suggest that maintaining healthy oligodendrocyte function could become an important strategy for protecting memory and thinking abilities as people grow older.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
With many investors locked in place by the specter of big tax bills, fund companies can keep the fees on older ETFs high even as newer funds charge much less.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The court order, obtained after Jeanie’s older brothers Jimmy and Johnny Buss tried to oust her from the organization, installed Janie and Joey as co-trustees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
He would tell everyone proudly that he was the only one who could handle the elephant, that his older brother could not manage her at all, and certainly not his sister.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
He chose Maria, his eldest daughter, as his assistant in managing the family’s estate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Their eldest son, 26-year-old Ortiz Jr., is near the end of his enlistment and was planning to buy a house in Riverside for his wife and two young children to start their next chapter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
The couple have four U.S.-born children together, and their eldest son, Carlos Ortiz Jr., is a sergeant in the Marine Corps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
In New York a month ago, Medvedev reflected on the role of genetics when explaining how his eldest daughter has "my personality on the court".
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
“It’s too dangerous!” said the middle sister to the eldest, even though she knew it was no use.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Sister, the oldest of the Whitby children, is trying to keep this rule in mind as she heads to her mother’s house nine years after the tragedy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Muncy was the oldest everyday third baseman, while the 34-year-old Mookie Betts was one of the oldest shortstops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
“This must be one of the oldest casts in America,” Mandell said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Antonio, the oldest, played the trumpet and also sang the Spanish version of Frank Sinatra’s “My Way,” called “A Mi Manera,” and it was so stunning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Nhamo returned to find Aunt Chipo hunched over her oldest daughter’s bed.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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