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
At one fishing spot, a big mama iguana and eight babies scramble into the underbrush; it felt like a scene from “Jurassic Park.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Her and my mama and my daddy be talking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
Bystanders gathered, with one asking, “Would your mama be proud of you right now?”
From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2026
She replies, “I had my mama watch the kids to come on down here.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
“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
“I have a whole new understanding and respect for the mamas who have had to fight for their babies while pregnant,” she wrote.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2023
To Francie, all women were mamas, like her own mother and Aunt Sissy and Aunt Evy.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
