grandmother
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His mother, uncle and grandmother are barely getting by.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
A 65-year-old grandmother has become a three-time world champion powerlifter after only starting the sport two and a half years ago.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Each day, our grandmother fixed our lunches in a paper bag.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Lasha said Cosby invited her and her grandmother to his comedy show.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2018
“Your grandmother is looking for you,” Marco said.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
Longer lifespans don’t compensate because grandmothers can’t provide as much care or financial support in their 80s as in their 50s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Salterelli has seen cases where competing grandmothers both want to be guardians and a custody battle ensues.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Add to that the centuries-old cliches of Italian mothers and grandmothers showing their love through food, and it's a perfect storm.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Davids — who grew up in South Africa, where culturally it’s common for grandmothers to administer enemas to children in rural areas — does a coffee enema twice per month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
She actually preferred to be among the poor, the working-class poor of the Red Hook Housing Projects in Brooklyn, the cement mixers, bakers, doughnut makers, grandmothers, and soul-food church partisans who were her lifelong friends.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
