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grandfather

[gran-fah-ther, grand-] / ˈgrænˌfɑ ðər, ˈgrænd- /


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Born Alan Howard Frieda in London in 1951, his father was a hairdresser who owned a salon in Ealing, west London, while his grandfather had also been a Fleet Street barber.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

"My grandfather was my role model growing up," she wrote.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

“My grandfather was my role model growing up,” she wrote on the team’s fundraising page.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

My grandfather, who went by Stewart, had worked as a houseboy in Menlo Park, moved on to farming and later opened a grocery store in Sacramento.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Jack would go back to his grandfather, while May and Phillip went back to their royal lives.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

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

His two grandfathers, both named Bill, were key figures in his early life, later providing inspiration for the title of his 2023 memoir.

From BBC ● May 13, 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

There were things of his grandfathers, too, lights and jars and nets, all to do with the moth collecting.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill


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