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  "id": 3479498,
  "title": "They’re friends. They’re both 109. Here are their secrets",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/theyre-friends-theyre-both-109-here-are-their-secrets",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T09:19:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/ios/world/2026-08-26-theyre-friends-theyre-both-109-here-are-their-secrets/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Just 0.03 percent of Americans live into their 100s. But Boggess is lucky enough that one of them is her friend of more than eight decades, Velma Long.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}