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Elevated ozone levels can cause problems for people with cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease (like asthma), the elderly, and people exercising outdoors, the commissioners said.
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Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 18 May 2026
Looking to turn the tables, 80-year-old Poppy Montgomery launches a mission to defraud the fraudsters conning the elderly online.
—Diya Chacko, Oc Register, 18 May 2026
For a cop in a usually sleepy town populated mostly by the elderly, Sung-ae is a remarkably quick study.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
Back when the elderly woman was young, her sister had died of measles.
—Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 17 May 2026
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Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 18 May 2026
Looking to turn the tables, 80-year-old Poppy Montgomery launches a mission to defraud the fraudsters conning the elderly online.
—Diya Chacko, Oc Register, 18 May 2026
For a cop in a usually sleepy town populated mostly by the elderly, Sung-ae is a remarkably quick study.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
Back when the elderly woman was young, her sister had died of measles.
—Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 17 May 2026
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“The elderly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20elderly. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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