mum
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“My mum turned 50 last year,” he shares, “and she went absolutely insane!”
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
The 41-year-old former hairdresser, from London, described the experience as awful, especially as Khan had brought comfort while she gave full-time care to her mum.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
He said players would pay him 100 pesos or roughly two dollars, which he would split between himself and his mum for their household's groceries.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
The 14-year-old's mum and four siblings could not join to watch her play; her crowdfunded budget was only enough for two round-trip bus tickets and a few days' worth of meals.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
And the thing is, we know our mum better than we did this morning.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Along with the buzz on Twitter, Instagram mummed with the news of Herbert’s new deal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
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
Historically, mumming saw groups dress up in masks and costume, going from house to house to perform poetry, theatre, music and dance.
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
Miss De Putti's mumming, more enthusiastic than impressive, runs to posturing, comic mispronunciations, acrobatics.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not content with putting the red bonnet on his head, he keeps it there, and mumming in the Jacobin coiffure, he cries: "Long live the nation!"
From Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron
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