papa
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May’s papa party offered, along with the suds, a learning experience and camaraderie among fathers, which Nieves believes is much needed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
Hebel characterized Morrison as “very much like a papa bear, a protector” who was very close to Sheina, his only child.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
‘You’ve got to take care of mama bear and papa bear first.’
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 16, 2025
To me, and everyone else in my family, he’s always been papa.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025
“The water was strong. But your papa was stronger.”
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
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
And “Rutherford Falls” co-creator Sierra Teller Ornelas tweeted, “This may seem like a small papas thing, but all we hear is ‘you folks have no stars to build projects around’.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2022
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
I unearthed, arguably, two such plates, including a papas con mole appetizer in which the house-cut fries had the texture of potatoes that were boiled, not fried.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2019
The childrens are in the huts and casas with their mamas and papas where they belong.
From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech
