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Ahead of the screening of a documentary about his experience, Preston astronomer Dermot Gethings recalled how, at 16 years old, he was hand picked by the United States embassy and Nasa to witness the launch.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
History offers a more reassuring outlook once a bull market turns four years old.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2026
Think back to 1992 when Troy Starr of Taft was 30 years old and took his team to the City 3-A final after a winless 1991 season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
The train system is "old and creaky and it's outdated," he admitted.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
“He’s just an old grump, you know how turtles are.”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
But no: The elder Douglas, in his own memoir, expressed only sour resentment that Jack Nicholson, rather than he, had starred in the movie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 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
It also happens to be a marvelously made movie, though the elder Kazan focused solely on the fourth and final section of the novel, leaving it not just abridged but a bit adrift.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Now they have just one player in his 30s: That’s 30-year-old Kevon Looney, who smiled at the thought that he is suddenly the elder statesman of the team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Born in 1664, he was an ironmonger in Dartmouth, Devon, and an elder in the local Baptist Church.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
The share of home buyers age 25 to 34 who used an older cosigner rose to 3.7% in 2022 from 1.6% in 1994, according to Freddie Mac.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
"An older audience might remember the originals and feel warmly towards them, and a younger audience might find an appeal in the retro aspect."
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Yes, this bull might be getting older, but that doesn’t blindly mean it has to stop,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2026
It continues to affect older adults most often, although rates among people younger than 50 have been rising in recent decades.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
As I approach Aunt Tess’s house I see a figure on the stoop, a slim-built young woman, my age or maybe a little older, about to knock at the door.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
While his two eldest sisters were away at boarding school, their mother, Frances, ran off with the man who would become her second husband.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Dalit recalls how her eldest son, Uri, turned nine on 7 October 2023 - when they spent the day hiding in their bomb shelter.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
His father, he said, was the eldest child and was forced to leave school after the sixth grade to help support the family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Flávio Bolsonaro, 45, is Jair Bolsonaro's eldest son and has been serving as a senator since 2019.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Now her job was to instruct the eldest children of the Babushkinov household: twelve-year-old Veronika and the eight-year-old twin boys, Boris and Constantin.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
"The oldest athlete is still competing but I am happy to run with the Gen Zs."
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
In May, Bowie State University, Maryland’s oldest HBCU, eliminated 79 jobs in the face of an $18 million budget deficit for the next fiscal year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
So having Ammon at 26 — that was the oldest anyone had had their first child in my family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Targets allegedly included the Israeli embassy and consulate, a woman said to be of interest to Iran, a college, and Britain's oldest synagogue.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
The Manhattan Chess Club was the strongest chess club in the country and the second oldest.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
