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grandfather

noun as in grandsire

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The family said their "darling husband", father, grandfather, father-in-law and brother "peacefully slipped away surrounded by his loved ones and the sounds of The Everly Brothers and Buddy Holly".

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The scene further cements Julian as the successor to his grandfather’s legacy and leaves the possibility open for his return as a villain in a future “Tron” installment.

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“Fathers and grandfathers hand down jerseys of the team you support,” he said.

When Michael Rafidi was growing up, his grandfather owned restaurants across Washington, D.C.—though the menus did not reflect the Palestinian fare his family relished at home.

At one end of the Parkway is the work of Calder’s grandfather, Alexander Milne Calder, whose figure of William Penn crowns City Hall.

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