grandfather
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A grandfather in his seventies, Al-Marimi has been in American custody since 2022 and has pled not guilty to charges of destruction of an aircraft resulting in death.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
They had a grandfather, cousins, friends and a stepfather.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
On the evening of 17 June, the day before he died, Kahaan chatted cheerfully with his grandfather, who had just landed in Melbourne to be with his daughter, on a video call.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Lori Zielinski’s grandmother and mother rarely talked about her grandfather, Capt. Fred Rose, who’s listed among those unaccounted for on the Oryoku Maru.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
“This grandfather clock will tick-tock away, but to no end, to no purpose.”
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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 the legacy kids, whose fathers and grandfathers had been Tigers or whose families had funded the building of a dorm or a library.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
