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In the early 1980s, in the full flush of revolutionary ardor and against an age-old enemy who had attacked them without provocation, the Iranian people and armed forces fought and suffered for their country.—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026 Another is that age-old text about unpaid tolls.—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 23 Mar. 2026 And the matter of the cataloguing itself launches Clemence’s personal crusade against that age-old difference of value applied to men’s and women’s stories.—Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026 That’s understandable, since the misogynistic toxicity women deal with has age-old ramifications.—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for age-old