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I was in my mid-20s and not really a scotch drinker when my grandfather took me up there and we ordered two of the best glasses either of us had ever had.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

“My grandfather lost his life fleeing the Nazi invasion, and many of his family members were sent to Auschwitz and did not survive,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

At this year's 9th Party Congress of the Korean Workers' Party, Kim Jong Un was emboldened and spoke of accomplishments that his grandfather Kim Il Sung and father Kim Jong Il never achieved.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Logan Miller, 32, lost his uncle during the attacks, and his grandfather to 9/11-related illness in the aftermath.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

The teahouse was established by a grandfather from Chang’an who had lost his wife to fever.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

But for most of my life, they felt like the domain of grandfathers, finance bros and people who knew what vermouth was without having to Google it.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

“We’re asking airmen to strap into jets that their grandfathers, fathers and now they are flying, and it is time for a reset,” said Doug Birkey, executive director of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

His two grandfathers, both named Bill, were key figures in his early life, later providing inspiration for the title of his 2023 memoir.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

Joshua had grown up in Spokane, Wash., and his father and one of his grandfathers worked as controllers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Born into a life of sumptuous privilege–his grandfathers were dukes, respectively, of Devonshire and Kent–he was the most gifted English scientist of his age, but also the strangest.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson