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
"The Gruffalo said to his daughter one day, Your Gruffalo granny is coming to stay."
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 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
Perched on his nose was a pair of granny glasses and instead of straight-legs he now wore faded bell-bottom jeans.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Nearby, a shirtless jock dashed across a net made of ropes and grannies dangled from high bars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
In both “Mare of Easttown” and “Happy Valley,” Kate Winslet and Sarah Lancashire play police officers who are also grannies; that role affects but does not define them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
The treated mice were known as "supermodel grannies" in the lab because of their youthful appearance.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2024
The Duchess of York was recently saying, "I can picture us being grannies together."
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2023
Jason decided there was nothing in the world scarier than a gang of bat-wielding grannies.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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
