mum
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First-time mum Courtney-Grace says she is relieved her baby daughter, Tine, will have access to the crucial family medical history she lacked when she grew up.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
In a tribute issued on Friday, Samantha's family described her as a "much-loved mum, daughter, sister, auntie and friend".
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
"I used to watch the show growing up with my mum," he recalls.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
"It's probably the most important bit of my job I think. And a mum who's in utter crisis says, 'yeah, you can take my baby from my arms'. That's really something," she says emotionally.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
He thought about calling her himself, but she’d already yelled at him once when her ringtone had woken up his mum.
From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness
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Along with the buzz on Twitter, Instagram mummed with the news of Herbert’s new deal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
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
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
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
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Half one's life is but a sorry piece of mumming, whether we play friend or foe.
From King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. by Bernhard Severin Ingemann