grandfather
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It was named for his grandfather after a donation by his father.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
He decided not to follow his father and grandfather to Oxford University, instead flying to California to enrol at the University of Berkeley, where he studied political science.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
He struggles to net a 1% return for shareholders in the timberland operations his great uncle and grandfather established.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
He gave a televised address the next day, and weeks later he delivered a speech, empathising with the victims and their families as a father, grandfather, husband, and king.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Jack would go back to his grandfather, while May and Phillip went back to their royal lives.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
The vintage movie footage—one of Mr. Magnason’s grandfathers was a camera buff, so images abound—gives a solid sense of a place, its people and its self-image.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
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
"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
That is until the man the grandfathers called Hunters Hunter got tapped on the shoulder by fingertips that couldn’t be anybody’s but hers.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
