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[gran-dad] / ˈgrænˌdæd /


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“My dad doesn’t understand it at all, but my granddad who’s not here anymore, he would have understood,” Bubb said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

“The way we are farming has gone back to how my granddad would have done it,” Bubb said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

"It is really good to go back to Longford and Leitrim, go back to where our granddad went to school, where our nan grew up, it was very special."

From BBC May 28, 2026

Weller, now 67, has two grandchildren, but played down the idea he was a cool granddad.

From BBC Apr. 24, 2026

“No, but maybe we could ask one of the librarians. Or maybe my granddad knows.”

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson




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