papa
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‘You’ve got to take care of mama bear and papa bear first.’
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 16, 2025
When Gustav swaggers back into the daughters’ lives to play the cheery grandfather and beloved papa, both are skeptical.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
To me, and everyone else in my family, he’s always been papa.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025
The IT engineer revealed Monzo only stopped when their four-year-old daughter started crying and said "mama" and "papa".
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
The dragon hasn’t attacked anyone here, right? she had asked Ivan’s papa.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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
Having a space and having more workshop events will create that solid foundation for our clients to really be confident as plant mamas and papas!
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2021
Families pressed around picnic tables piled high with homemade empanadas, papas fritas and steaming cups of morocho, a thick, sweet drink.
From New York Times ● May 30, 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
“I did what papas do. Now, let's enjoy your few weeks home. No more talk of this, okay?”
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
