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In an interview, Shannon’s father, Marvin Kelsey, a 65-year-old retired construction worker, acknowledged his son ran with a rough crowd, but blamed their environment for the violence.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
11 July 2025 -
President Trump had golf legend Gary Player on his mind Tuesday, following reports that the 89-year-old retired athlete hit the links in Scotland this week.—
Elizabeth Crisp,
The Hill,
9 July 2025
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Why 'Shrinking' Is a Parents-Only Watch The themes, relationships, and conversations in this show are primarily adult in nature.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
27 Feb. 2025
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The next decades will witness, for the first time, the full impact of one-child families on adult Chinese society.—
Henry A. Kissinger,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Mar. 2012
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Most of us travelling correspondents were youngish reporters from oldish outlets, wearing blue button-downs and carrying notebooks in the back pockets of our Bonobos.—
Andrew Marantz,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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Almost all were sort of oldish homes; this wasn’t an area with huge three-plus million dollar house.—
Ali MacGraw,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Jan. 2025
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Fixing something old — a battered toy, a superannuated radio, a rickety house — is an act of love and a gesture of faith.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
26 Sep. 2024
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But remember this is a superannuated, octogenarian leader who has just endured years of popular unrest and rising conflict with Israel, and 24 hours ago saw a surprisingly moderate president, Masoud Pezeshkian, get sworn in.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
31 July 2024
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States and food pantries cannot cover food for needy elderly, children and the disabled without federal support.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 July 2025
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An Australian woman was on Monday convicted of murdering three elderly relatives of her estranged husband with a meal laced with poisonous mushrooms, and attempting to murder a fourth, in a case that gripped the country.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
7 July 2025
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But most of it is decidedly and delightfully grown-up.—
David Lyman,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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A lot of fans will have grown-up during this time, just like the Stranger Things kids.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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That’s a mature skill most people her age aren’t thinking about.—
Beth Wood,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 July 2025
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Kat James Kat James has had a few lives: as a licensed aesthetician, celebrity make-up artist, and beauty educator; she’s also worked with cosmetics companies, dermatologists, and plastic surgeons on mature skincare and patient relations.—
Carmen Rios,
Flow Space,
7 July 2025
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Assemble a planning team that includes an elder law attorney, a financial advisor experienced with disability planning, and potentially a geriatric care manager.—
Matthew F. Erskine,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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The reforms to medical and geriatric parole, which will go into effect on Oct. 1, are essential and shamefully overdue.—
Natasha Dartigue,
Baltimore Sun,
18 May 2025
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“Middle-aged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle-aged. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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