grandma
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His grandma, still alive at 101, taught him, “Don’t let anyone steal your joy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Emerson shrugs: “I mean my grandma definitely took me to a Passover thing once when I was like seven.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
I tell the story in the book of going to the grocery store with my grandma every weekend and it was owned by a local family.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026
In the bond world that is grandma doing a backflip off the garage roof.
From MarketWatch ● May 21, 2026
She exchanges a look of awe and gratitude with my grandma.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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These grandmas and grandpas aren’t like their own grandmas and grandpas.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
Grandma-style cooking has been popular for about as long as we’ve had grandmas, but now it’s having a moment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 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
"You've got mums, grandmas, survivors crying at these protests because of the devastation this issue has brought to our lives."
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2025
I had one of the best little old grandmas a boy ever had, but she worried about me too much.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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