grandfather
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My grandmother made holiday decorations for the house, and my grandfather worked with leather, making jackets and boots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
They had a grandfather, cousins, friends and a stepfather.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
On the evening of 17 June, the day before he died, Kahaan chatted cheerfully with his grandfather, who had just landed in Melbourne to be with his daughter, on a video call.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Christopher Schurtz believes it is a reference to his grandfather.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
“I won’t ever be a kindly grandfather figure.”
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
But for most of my life, they felt like the domain of grandfathers, finance bros and people who knew what vermouth was without having to Google it.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
“We’re asking airmen to strap into jets that their grandfathers, fathers and now they are flying, and it is time for a reset,” said Doug Birkey, executive director of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
She acknowledged that it was still "not enough" and promised a "special plan for our grandfathers and grandmothers."
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
Joshua had grown up in Spokane, Wash., and his father and one of his grandfathers worked as controllers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
That is until the man the grandfathers called Hunters Hunter got tapped on the shoulder by fingertips that couldn’t be anybody’s but hers.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
