grandmother

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After winning with a fairly low-scoring hand, Impellizzeri asked Tiffany Luo, 26, a technology consultant whose grandmother is a mahjong shark, what would your grandma call that play?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The series begins as their grandmother is dying, and at Linda’s command, they rush out to buy her a present — Linda is trying to squeeze in an “early birthday” before her mother passes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Hui, also known as Xu Jiayin, rose from humble beginnings in rural China, where he was raised by his grandmother before venturing into property development and setting up Evergrande in 1996.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Trump asked reporters after receiving the delivery from Simmons, whom the company described as a grandmother of ten from Arkansas.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

It was far from Togbe’s, but his grandfather had been a fisherman too, and his grandmother a clam trader.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo