grandmother
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His mother, uncle and grandmother are barely getting by.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
A representative of tenants' organisation Sindicato de Inquilinas shouted at the police through a megaphone: "Think for 10 seconds about Maricarmen, who could be your own grandmother."
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Dragonflies began after Harrison returned to England, where he’d grown up on his father’s Friar Park estate, following the death of his grandmother, who famously raised George Harrison’s widow, Olivia Harrison, in Hawthorne.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Musk’s paternal grandmother came from Liverpool, in northern England, and he has cited his ancestry as central to his interest in the U.K.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
“As a Queen Mother, your grandmother protected life in all its forms and advocated for the needs of nature. Now it is your turn to shoulder this mission.”
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
Pregnant Then Screwed surveyed, external more than 1,300 parents and found 80% of those using informal childcare relied on grandmothers.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Freelance writer and editor Lucy Schiller bumped up against the issues of aging, eldercare and loneliness through her grandmothers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Both grandmothers also saw and sometimes participated in significant cultural changes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
The hand-holding grandmothers lead the way into the kitchen.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
