grandfather
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My maternal grandfather ran a social club in New Jersey, a games parlor.
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
All but the youngest are now attending school in Pakistan, the grandfather has said.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
When told by the judge that the grandfather would become their guardian, the eldest child responded saying "that's all good".
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Inside, the house is dark and muffled, silent but for the tick of the grandfather clock in the parlor, the cough of a boarder on the second floor.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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
For Christmas in 1995, he handwrote that poem and gave it to his father and two grandfathers along with a pair of black socks each.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
Solid, monumental like his grandfathers, but with a joie de vivre and an irresistible good humor that they did not have, Aureliano Segundo scarcely had time to look after his animals.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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