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The U.K.’s Crown Prosecution Service said it authorized 42 charges against Andrew Tate, who is 39 years old.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
The best way to handle rollovers from old plans is with a “direct” rollover.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 19, 2026
People post photos old and new, blurry and clear, and ask for edits ranging from “Please remove my ex” to “Give me long hair” to “Make this look like a professional headshot.”
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026
The Michael Center for Spiritual Liberation and Exorcism -- five months old this week -- was built because "cases were piling up", Father Jose Francisco Syquia told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
But it’s too late now—the Uber pulls up to the old man’s house.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
The elder Ellison, one of the world's richest men, is a close ally of Trump and a major donor to his political campaigns.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
In a video of the June 3 incident, obtained by TMZ, Robinson and her father are seen sitting next to a lit fire pit on the patio when Sandoval and the elder Robinson begin arguing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Howard Lutnick’s sons and other Cantor executives have maintained that the elder Lutnick has no knowledge of or involvement with firm matters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
There is a statute of limitations on financial elder abuse.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
It was used in reference to some nice old poopy elder statesman who’d made a fortune in the stock market and then gone to Washington to be an adviser to President Roosevelt.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
Both younger and older Emma are fiercely admired but close themselves off to love.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
For the new study, the research team examined blood samples from older adults who followed the Mediterranean diet to different degrees.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
The head of the CDU's group for older members, Hubert Hueppe, told Der Spiegel magazine that he was "personally shocked" by Spahn's decision to go against the CDU's "clear stance" on the issue.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
He even managed to turn a potential liability—at 63 he is older by decades than the executives running emerging rivals—into a selling point.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
When I asked what she meant, she just said that she’d tell me all about it when I got older.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
As the eldest player in Major League Soccer, Diego Chara has had to make some concessions to age.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Born in Tlatlaya, Mexico, on March 3, 1974, Lorenzo Salgado was a man of routine, Ronaldo Salgado, his eldest son, told a press conference on Wednesday, the day after his death.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
It’s not easy to leave one’s abode as the eldest daughter in a Mexican household, she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Madonna's eldest daughter, Lourdes "Lola" Leon, has largely forged her own path as a model, musician and performer - but the 29-year-old appears on Confessions II, duetting with her mother for the first time.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
The eldest prince, Balekin, and his younger brother, Dain, stand nearby, drinking wine from wooden cups banded in silver.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Carbonaceous chondrites are primitive, carbon-rich meteorites that contain some of the oldest material formed in the solar system.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
Japan has the world's oldest continuous hereditary monarchy, with a lineage that's believed to span more than 2,600 years.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
In May 2025, just four months after he left office as the oldest sitting president, Biden revealed that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that had spread to his bones.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Off screen, she worked as a specialist and auctioneer at Lyon & Turnbull, the oldest auction house in Scotland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
“Dr. Coppola, this is our oldest daughter, Joylette; our middle daughter, Connie; and our youngest, Kathy.”
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
