grandmother
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She had set up folding chair next to the turnstiles with her mother and grandmother -- their beds for the next hours.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
The retired mother and grandmother booked a 21-day tour on a private plane and visited six countries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Kate O'Connor said her late grandmother "would have been jumping for joy" as the Ireland athlete won gold in the heptathlon at the European Championships in Birmingham.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Also found at the sports complex turned displaced-persons camp was Nelly Aparcedo, 71, a grandmother of 24.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Immediately, he spotted Maya-Jade at a table next to her grandmother.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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Add to that the centuries-old cliches of Italian mothers and grandmothers showing their love through food, and it's a perfect storm.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
The author is a law school professor, researcher and author of an upcoming book on the scientifically proven neural superpowers of grandmothers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
He says his group has 8,000 men like him, men who are grateful for the sports opportunities their daughters have that their mothers and grandmothers didn’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
But when I went down for Gamble’s trial, I found instead a place where the Southern grandmothers were rising to the occasion.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
Wearing long dresses and wrapped in shawls, they could have been mistaken for a group of grandmothers on a garden tour.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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