on in years
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Long-married people who are getting on in years do learn to accept one another’s foibles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
He said: "This is a national scandal, which I think we will look back on in years to come and think, how was this allowed to happen?"
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2024
Several congressional aides said they received more outreach on the bills than any other they’d worked on in years.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2022
The fictional Théoden is getting on in years and, though not literally blind, has been twisted into an unrecognizable figure under the influence of the wicked Gríma Wormtongue.
From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2021
He knew, of course, that Dumbledore was getting on in years, but somehow he never really thought of Dumbledore as an old man.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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