grandfather
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He was a devoted husband, father and grandfather, and friend to many, his family said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Bindi also shared details on how her daughter connects with the grandfather she never got to meet.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
His father, Charles, had expanded the New Jersey real estate development business his grandfather, a Polish Holocaust survivor, had begun after starting out as a construction laborer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
The project has resulted in five clips featuring accounts from those touched by the attacks, including an 11-year-old girl whose grandfather responded to the attack on the Pentagon.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
When midnight chimed on the grandfather clock, just as the night before, our sleepwalker soon emerged from his room, padded down the long hallway, and again slipped into the back garden.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
But for most of my life, they felt like the domain of grandfathers, finance bros and people who knew what vermouth was without having to Google it.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
“We’re asking airmen to strap into jets that their grandfathers, fathers and now they are flying, and it is time for a reset,” said Doug Birkey, executive director of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
She acknowledged that it was still "not enough" and promised a "special plan for our grandfathers and grandmothers."
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
But neither of his grandfathers had much; his father has a receding hairline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
He found the man, and together they figured out that their grandfathers were brothers, making the two of them second cousins.
From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren
