mum
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But her mum said, 'Just send him upstairs.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Before Rosie Whitfield became a mum, she imagined herself parenting very calm children.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
"I'm his mum, and the last person he's going to listen to over a big influencer," she said, even if that influencer is AI.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Kris's mum and dad were among those who helped him build up a bank of photos from around the UK and Europe.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
It is something I saw my mum do when she took care of a baby whose mother had died, until she could find a wet nurse.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
Along with the buzz on Twitter, Instagram mummed with the news of Herbert’s new deal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
The local theatre and performance group have been committed to carrying the rural custom of "mumming" or "rhyming" into the 21st century, and in doing so caught the attention of McQueen's creative director, Seán McGirr.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025
Historically, mumming saw groups dress up in masks and costume, going from house to house to perform poetry, theatre, music and dance.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025
As Farmer's Almanac notes, there was also a custom to literally put on a little show at a strangers doorstep, which was called "mumming."
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2022
Miss De Putti's mumming, more enthusiastic than impressive, runs to posturing, comic mispronunciations, acrobatics.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was Christmas Eve when we went mumming, and oh! how glorious the moonlight was!
From What Happened to Inger Johanne As Told by Herself by Dikken Zwilgmeyer
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