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mum

[muhm] / mʌm /


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While the museum has largely kept mum, Sytner, an 82-year-old Liverpool native based in Italy, has gone to great lengths to persuade collectors and experts of his car’s singular authenticity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

"We last saw him at the end of January 2024, when my sister, mum and I left, and he stayed behind," the 19-year-old said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

She said: "We'd go to the cheaper food shops and my mum would make sure we'd ate everything on our plate because you didn't know when you were going to get your next healthy meal."

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Meanwhile, life with her mum Kay and Eddie was chaotic.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

“Patience, m’lady. Like my old mum likes to say, a watched pot never boils.”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

Along with the buzz on Twitter, Instagram mummed with the news of Herbert’s new deal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2023

The local theatre and performance group have been committed to carrying the rural custom of "mumming" or "rhyming" into the 21st century, and in doing so caught the attention of McQueen's creative director, Seán McGirr.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025

From the ancient Irish practice of mumming to walking the red carpet, the Armagh Rhymers were central to a meeting of myth and couture for McQueen's Paris Fashion Week show.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025

As Farmer's Almanac notes, there was also a custom to literally put on a little show at a strangers doorstep, which was called "mumming."

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2022

His accent is good, his mumming of characteristic meticulousness.

From Time Magazine Archive

Robin Hays!" she said, "I would advise you never to sing when you go mumming; you did well enough till then; but, though the nightingale hath many notes, the voice is aye the same.

From The Buccaneer A Tale by Mrs. S. C. Hall


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