papa
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‘You’ve got to take care of mama bear and papa bear first.’
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 16, 2025
Someone’s got to pay as papa becomes grand-père, but the forecast is bleak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
But not before papa Ozzy got a few words in edgewise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2025
She said Fayed "behaved like a father figure", told her to call him "papa", and "often spoke about his family and children, as if to make me feel safe around him."
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2024
Mia, Mariel, and I missed spending time with our papa.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
Back in the kitchen, Jaramillo is explaining the latest addition to the taco menu: Uncle P, a.k.a. papas con huevo.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2022
As a result, this specific babbling bent makes "dadas," "babas" and "papas" – along with "apas" and "abas" – very popular things for little Carlos or Keisha to say while hanging out in the crib.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2022
R&B-loving Filipina American friends launch the plant shop for ‘fly plant mamas and papas’
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2021
He hits, in his way, the same notes as Ted Lasso: a man unabashed to be emotional, loving, kind, the proudest and most supportive of papas.
From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2020
“Because they had mamas and papas, too, Turner. You know about this stuff, right?”
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
