mum
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"It's hard for people to get a job, so people with experience in recruitment like my mum made it easier for me to get a job," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Returning home from a play date with her baby, new mum Angharad found her partner "curled up in a ball, rocking on the sofa".
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
At one England game, in a group of travelling supporters, a lady explained that she was Tammy Beaumont's mum.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, an avid soccer fan, said Balogun was "cruelly" issued a red card although he stayed mum on Trump's involvement.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
When no one on the team brings up outer space or anything Russ said last night, I figure Coach must’ve talked to all the other team members and instructed them to stay mum.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
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
From the ancient Irish practice of mumming to walking the red carpet, the Armagh Rhymers were central to a meeting of myth and couture for McQueen's Paris Fashion Week show.
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
His accent is good, his mumming of characteristic meticulousness.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Mumming Chorus, "And a mumming we will go," &c., is not in any one of these versions, but I never saw mumming without it.
From The Peace Egg and Other tales by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty
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