grandfather
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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
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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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