grandfather
Example Sentences
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The grandfather of one of the young victims told La Vanguardia that the boys used the storage room, which is thought to have been converted into a living space, to meet each other.
From BBC
Radio DJ Edith Bowman says a suitcase containing her grandfather's ashes that went missing has been found empty.
From BBC
At the Milan Cortina Games, a maniacal Norwegian named Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo has turned the quiet world of Nordic skiing on its head with a frenetic sprinting technique that he concocted with his grandfather.
He still lives in the more than century-old house his grandfather built.
Posting on social media, Bowman said the suitcase contained sentimental items in a jewellery box, including a pinkie ring with her grandfather's ashes in it.
From BBC
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