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“Anpil men, chay pa lou! Many hands lighten the load.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2023

Do you and your pa bond best over a meal or a pint?

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2023

“Trumpets,” Zárate instructed three students in the back, “make the introduction sound majestic — pa ra ra ra ra — like a king is coming!”

From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022

Because stop sounds, along with vowels, are the earliest and most frequent sounds babies tend to babble – which means "pa," "ta," "ba" and "da" are all early infant vocalizations.

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2022

Ever since her pa died, she was also the poorest.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

A revival by Natalia Makarova and Nancy Raffa—for the first time in 30 years—of Ms. Makarova’s 1983 staging of the grand pas from “Paquita” affectingly concluded a bill named “Fresh Visions and Timeless Classics.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

The market is shaky because the nuclear euphoria of the pas two years has worn off.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

Another Kushner faux pas, this one perhaps reflecting his ignorance of European history: “There is no such thing in the world as forever enemies or forever allies.”

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Sombert and Youskevitch rendezvous for a haunting, lamplit pas de deux.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

I realized then that I had no more to fear concerning my faux pas in turning off their music.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole