granny
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Even though our granny was, like all people in the mountains, well acquainted with Dolly by that point, she was still transfixed.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Jones said Barnard, from the village of Ogmore Vale, Bridgend county, held the culprit until police arrived "and then gave the handbag back to the traumatised granny".
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
"My granny used to run the shop. I've no involvement now - my relations run it. I had to get an ice cream on the last day," she said.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
Her look evolves from a worn-out cog to a biker-like granny who’d seem natural riding on the back of Dennis Hopper’s hog.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
“I’ll trade you. You get your granny to give me some of those peas, and the tooth is yours.”
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
But Ben and his little brother were doted upon by all their adopted grannies and grandpas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2025
These glamorous grannies are modelling for social media.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2024
The Duchess of York was recently saying, "I can picture us being grannies together."
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2023
On occasion, the grannies do more than help out at bus stations.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
The grannies were chanting and murmuring and swaying back and forth, speaking in tongues.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
Even in the granniest of granny gears, it’s impossible for me to pedal smoothly up pitches with grades approaching, and sometimes exceeding, 13 percent.
From Washington Post ● May 27, 2022
