grandmother

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In Coffeen, Ill., Starsky and his grandmother watch every episode of “Jeopardy!” together, an appointment that began when Starsky was in sixth grade and she minded him after school.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Another a Cambodian grandmother of eight who fled Pol Pot’s killing fields as a girl nearly 50 years ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

Trump asked reporters after receiving the delivery from Simmons, whom the company described as a grandmother of ten from Arkansas.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Among its residents: the mother, father, grandmother and grandfather of an ASU undergrad.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

She was old enough to be my grandmother.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell