grandfather
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"I suspect that nobody would have given the skull of his father or his grandfather as a gift to another person."
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
“I knew my grandfather was a barber; I didn’t think much of it at all,” McCoy says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
His other grandfather was a star defensive back at Michigan, and his father was a quarterback for the Wolverines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
My grandfather reasoned, if we could figure out how to culture pearls from the Australian oyster, we might be able to produce the most magnificent pearls in the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
“I sent her in to calm my grandfather down first.”
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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
She acknowledged that it was still "not enough" and promised a "special plan for our grandfathers and grandmothers."
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
Baba is a commonly used term in India to refer to mystics and religious gurus and also to fathers or grandfathers by both Hindus and Muslims.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026
There were things of his grandfathers, too, lights and jars and nets, all to do with the moth collecting.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
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