ma
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“I wonder what we did to you that makes you go there so often,” my ma said a few years back on the phone while I sat in the lobby of Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025
"Right ma, love ya. I'll see you soon."
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2025
“Tunes hiv been whirlin aroon in the air an in ma heid an hairt since I wis a bairn, an I wis composing tunes an songs even then,” she wrote in her book.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2022
“Think Marination ma kai with a 98118 twist …” they say on Facebook.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2022
I am the son of my ma and pa, may they rest in peace.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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“She the home girl thas what I meant , have mas love for her” Echeverria wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025
I’m trying to ask writers: What does living mas mean?
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2023
Mr McIntosh and his wife Caroline lead the eponymous Ronnie and Caro mas band.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2023
She’s still la mas chingona — the ultimate badass — emcee Enrique Cerna said as he welcomed her to the stage in October.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2023
And even though Maria's mother knew Diana's mother in Puerto Rico, Maria promises that doesn't make Diana mas mejor amiga—a better friend.
From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson
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