grandparents

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It cost him nearly £800 - a third of the money his grandparents had saved up - for two fillings and two replacement fillings.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

But young customers are rare—“1 out of 100,” he says—and they are usually seeking less a timepiece than an old-timey tchotchke, “something their parents or grandparents had.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Soon enough, the fires subside and we cart my grandparents back across town to their apartment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

These are families in which grandparents, other adult family members or close family friends are raising children, with no parents in the home.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Cat wanted to turn the conversation back to her grandparents, but it was impossible to derail the hundredth round of Sharks: Friends or Enemies.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn