grandmother

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His maternal grandmother declined to talk further to The Times, saying it was still too soon.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

The Bucks County, Pennsylvania, grandmother, then 76, looked frail but resolute.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

Jacobs fished out the long mink her grandmother left her years ago and took it to a Manhattan furrier to give it a second act.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

“Now I do it every time, too. I just smile at the TV and wave,” says 28-year-old Lonny Starsky, who picked up the habit from his grandmother, Judy Robinson.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

You know—anything besides the idea that even though my grandmother is gone, I’m still a disappointment to her legacy.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer