grandmother
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It’s evident he thought the world of his grandmother, as he did of his Aunt Fumiko, who was also interned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Harry's grandmother Queen Elizabeth stripped them of their "Royal Highness" titles, police protection and public funding when they quit royal duties in 2020.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Related: ‘There is considerable tension’: My grandmother, 99, wants to cut my mother out of her will.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
“I figured my grandmother was a dancer and I thought maybe I got some of those genes — definitely not,” she continued.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
“First, your grandmother has the nerve to take you on some out-of-state field trip, without asking me. When I demand an explanation, all she says is ‘It had to be done.’
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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
Freelance writer and editor Lucy Schiller bumped up against the issues of aging, eldercare and loneliness through her grandmothers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
He says his group has 8,000 men like him, men who are grateful for the sports opportunities their daughters have that their mothers and grandmothers didn’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
I hadn’t returned to the island since entering nursing school except for two funerals, my grandmothers and the Captain’s.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
