mama
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At one fishing spot, a big mama iguana and eight babies scramble into the underbrush; it felt like a scene from “Jurassic Park.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Bystanders gathered, with one asking, “Would your mama be proud of you right now?”
From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2026
“They’re mama bears, and they’re coming out, and they’re going to run for office, and they’re going to become more vocal.”
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2025
Everybody and they mama from they jerkin’ crew was there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
Gibby snatched the China King takeout menu from the nightstand as Michael hurried into the kitchen for the pen his mama used for making grocery lists and writing checks.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
“We got about 125,000 people, mamas and babies in Massachusetts, that get food assistance,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren told the media in 2023 about a potential shutdown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
"I have a whole new understanding and respect for the mamas who have had to fight for their babies while pregnant," she wrote on Instagram.
From Reuters ● Nov. 4, 2023
“I have a whole new understanding and respect for the mamas who have had to fight for their babies while pregnant.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
He separated the first-time mamas into one pasture and kept an eye on them as they went into labor for up to 10 hours.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 11, 2023
The children on TV had mamas, though, and Matt had fallen into the habit of thinking of Celia that way.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
