grandfather
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My great grandfather emigrated from Ireland to Canada in 1923 for some of the same reasons and ideals that Mr. Baker’s ancestors emigrated to the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Both my father and grandfather fought in World War II. During that particular war, the U.S. had more than 16 million men and women in uniform out of a population of about 132 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The flight went on as planned, but these men knew my grandfather and heard that his daughters were getting on the plane.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
But the one person was my grandfather who was a pastor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
So he said, with perfect truth, “My grandfather is.”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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
If my grandfathers could have seen this, it would have surpassed their wildest dreams.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
They are also the grandfathers of the germ theory of disease, and therefore of much of modern medicine.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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