granny
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Even though our granny was, like all people in the mountains, well acquainted with Dolly by that point, she was still transfixed.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
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
From her embarrassing work mishaps, to her infamous granny pants, Bridget spoke to a generation who saw themselves in her - and has recently won over a whole new set of younger fans too.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025
Her boss knows she travels a lot, often as the granny on call.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
She recently took to wearing shawls and granny glasses, American fashions.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
The treated mice were known as "supermodel grannies" in the lab because of their youthful appearance.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 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
On occasion, the grannies do more than help out at bus stations.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
“Harmless old grannies, children, people who don’t have anything to do with Capricorn?”
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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
