Recent Examples on the WebSlovak news outlets, citing police sources, identified him as a 71-year-old pensioner with a yen for poetry and protests.—Cassandra Vinograd, New York Times, 16 May 2024 In addition, pensioners qualify for medical and life insurance.—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024 But after having a brief taste of retirement, a sizable chunk of pensioners are dusting off their suits and returning to work instead.—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 5 Apr. 2024 Two electric radiators were not enough to keep Russian pensioner Elena Grezkaya-Silko from shivering in her one-bedroom apartment.—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2024 Making matters even worse ESG harnesses corporate power by hijacking other people’s money, whether the money belonging to the underlying shareholders in a company or the money belonging (or promised) to savers or future pensioners.—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 9 Dec. 2023 Her mother and sister, both pensioners, are struggling too.—Scott McLean, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024 According to the royal family’s website, the service dates back to 600 A.D. and traditionally sees the monarch distribute Maundy money, or coins, to local pensioners (retirees) in a parallel to Jesus washing the Apostles’ feet at the Last Supper.—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024 The proposal to introduce a 13th annual payout to pensioners was supported by 58.2% of the electorate and also met the additional requirement of being passed in the majority of Switzerland’s cantons.—Bastian Benrath, Fortune Europe, 3 Mar. 2024
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