mum
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"It's probably the most important bit of my job I think. And a mum who's in utter crisis says, 'yeah, you can take my baby from my arms'. That's really something," she says emotionally.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Before Rosie Whitfield became a mum, she imagined herself parenting very calm children.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
The 30-year-old mum is now calling on the government to increase funding and research into rare skin conditions, with the hope of one day finding a cure.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
But her mum said, 'Just send him upstairs.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Think about what his mum does for him, every single day?
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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
Who lists may in their mumming see Traces of ancient mystery.
From In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3 Christmas Poems from 'round the World by Harrison S. (Harrison Smith) Morris
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