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grandpa

[gran-pah, -paw, grand-, gram-, gram-puh] / ˈgrænˌpɑ, -ˌpɔ, ˈgrænd-, ˈgræm-, ˈgræm pə /


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Related: My grandpa retired happily at 70 with $750K after working as a missionary.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Their other grandpa is a cyclist who shaves his legs and arms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

My grandpa died earlier in the tournament - his last interaction with the boys was to post some England stickers picked up with his weekly shop.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

Similarly, Woody, who rode off into the sunset in the last entry and here returns with a weather-beaten bald spot, gets treated like a human grandpa shrunk down to doll-size.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

Last February, when my grandpa moved on to the Happy Hunting Grounds, I was having a tough time.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Now, grandmas and grandpas are discovering what it means to get a later start than many hoped.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

These grandmas and grandpas aren’t like their own grandmas and grandpas.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

One of what Marsalis calls these "hip grandpas" was Scotland's Joe Temperley.

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026

"Be good when you get to the rainbow bridge, play with the older brothers and sisters, grandpas and grandmas from the neighbourhood," one user wrote.

From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025

In the movies, kids get fishing trips with their grandpas, and grandmothers give them hugs.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri


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