granny
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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
"And now of course I'm a granny myself, so maybe that's what spurred me on."
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026
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
When he moved out, Jamie went to live with his granny and one of his brothers.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025
“Also, last night you said your granny was gone.”
From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo
Squibb has played plenty of cackling grannies; even so, Ms. Sturak is her most unhinged.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
These glamorous grannies are modelling for social media.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2024
These days no one would suggest that Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who is 62, could only play grannies any more than they would say that Tom Cruise, 61, should stop parachuting off cliffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
The Duchess of York was recently saying, "I can picture us being grannies together."
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2023
He drifted along with the grannies, pulling his oar slowly through the inky water while his heart raced like a speedboat motor.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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
