mama
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She grew up in poverty and in her 1971 hit Coat of Many Colours describes how she would wear rags which her "mama" had knitted together to school.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
As the chopper circled Miami, the cameraman explained the purpose of the shoot: “Everybody and their mama wants to know where he’s going to play ball next year.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
The cameras help the nonprofit ensure that the mama and cubs are safe and not too close to wires or stuck in netting, both situations they’ve dealt with, Bryant said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
Bystanders gathered, with one asking, “Would your mama be proud of you right now?”
From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2026
“My mama wanted me to deliver this to you. She said to take one spoonful in the morning, but no more.”
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
“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
In the decades since, mothers — along with moms, mamas and mums — have been mentioned 295 times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
"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
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
Eventually Mama Evangeline looked tired of batting bonobos away, so I said good-bye to the mamas and wandered with Otto back to my mom’s office.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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