grandmother
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She loves being a mother and grandmother, but said she "needed time for me".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
"I think people... want foods that are whole foods, the way we used to do them, the foods that their grandmother or great-grandmother made," Childers said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Related: ‘There is considerable tension’: My grandmother, 99, wants to cut my mother out of her will.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Menin, the New York City Council speaker, whose mother and grandmother were Holocaust survivors, told the most influential woman in fashion that she was making a “grave mistake.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
“King of the Skies. Father of Tano and Nansi … and maybe some other kids I don’t quite remember. My grandmother told me a million stories about you.”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Salterelli has seen cases where competing grandmothers both want to be guardians and a custody battle ensues.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
One study has shown reduced mortality rates for women who became grandmothers after the age of 50.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
What began as a chance encounter on a flight to Las Vegas could soon be heading to the big screen, as a group of grandmothers and a pro-wrestler discuss a film based on their story.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 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
I don't remember our departure, but I can only imagine what it was like for my grandmothers to hug and kiss their grandchildren farewell with no assurance that they'd ever see us again.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
