grandfather
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Bonakdar, his attorney, said Bridges is a grandfather and hair stylist who has never worked for ICE or the Department of Homeland Security.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
“It sounds touchy-feely, but it’s profitable,” said the 55-year-old Gund, whose grandfather, Ed Gund, a former candy salesman, started the composite materials company in 1951.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Early in the 20th century, Franzoy’s great grandfather arrived from Italy, cleared the desert land and planted chilies, onions and potatoes, nurturing the plants with water from the Rio Grande.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
My maternal grandfather ran a social club in New Jersey, a games parlor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
“I remember when my grandfather died. I was little, but I knew that everybody was upset because it was sort of sudden. I’m sorry, it must have been bad when she died.”
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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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
She acknowledged that it was still "not enough" and promised a "special plan for our grandfathers and grandmothers."
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
They are also the grandfathers of the germ theory of disease, and therefore of much of modern medicine.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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