grandfather
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Maybe someday I’d have the opportunity to give those letters to my grandchildren when they were old enough to understand why they had an absent grandfather.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
It was the first time the children had been with their grandfather since 2022.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Now, 12 years and many political lifetimes later, they read as quaint and out-of-touch, like a grandfather telling his grandson to never contradict his betters.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
She said her grandfather died 10 years ago and her nan had happened to take off the gold wedding ring she wore, about half an hour before the fire.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Christopher spat the coffee out of the window when his grandfather wasn’t looking—it tasted like a melted shoe.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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
If my grandfathers could have seen this, it would have surpassed their wildest dreams.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
"I wanted to remind people of the narrative of our grandmothers, grandfathers and great-grandparents, who throughout my childhood said that war is terrifying," the 28-year-old, who goes by the nickname Noi, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
I want to make the shadow pass over all the clean, startled faces, all those who believe in president grandfathers.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
