granny
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The group, currently numbering 12, envisages growing food to sell, holding workshops and retreats - and even setting up a "granny agency" to look after children.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 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
He added that he hoped his granny would recover enough to be able to come to his house on Christmas Day.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
Kids are chatting or walking—solo, in pairs or trios—and a mother or granny holds a girl’s hand, probably waiting for an older sibling to come out of school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Betty Allen said, “Maybe when we have baked this cake, we will take a big old piece of it to your granny at the Good Night, Sleep Tight.”
From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo
Dances, for instance, may mimic animal behaviors, or reference popular moments from the series, such as getting grannies to floss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2026
The treated mice were known as "supermodel grannies" in the lab because of their youthful appearance.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 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 would talk about what was happening in their lives.
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
