grandmother
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She started with her maternal grandmother and worked her way back through time using public archives in the Netherlands until she stumbled upon a painter she had never heard of: Jeremias Schultz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
There have also been a number of pedestrian deaths, including 86-year-old grandmother Gloria Stephenson, who was struck at a zebra crossing in Sunderland last year by an illegal e-motorbike.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
From the dining table below, where a young Charley often helped her grandmother fill blank planes with delicate dots, Caland could look up and see how far her line had taken her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Lasha said Cosby invited her and her grandmother to his comedy show.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2018
Like one parent who’s too busy, another who doesn’t do deep conversations and a grandmother who’s like a closed book with a padlock on the front?
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Plus, AI for lawyers, sovereign-debt ratings and the decline of grandmothers.
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
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
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
Unsavory sorts murmured indelicacies at cutlet stands; grandmothers consulted almanacs to determine a propitious hour for the betrothal.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
