mama
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“And as soon as we look in the hole, there’s the mama bear staring at us,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 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
Bystanders gathered, with one asking, “Would your mama be proud of you right now?”
From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2026
“They’re mama bears, and they’re coming out, and they’re going to run for office, and they’re going to become more vocal.”
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2025
And I had to be a good mother like my own mama was.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
“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
"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
He separated the first-time mamas into one pasture and kept an eye on them as they went into labor for up to 10 hours.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 11, 2023
The Black mamas and grandmas of America — especially in the late 1950s through the 1980s — just loved them some Sidney.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2022
Except for Brunelle, the mamas loved to tease me.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
