mum
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The police accepted that they had missed some investigative opportunities and have since apologised to Noah's mum, Fiona Donohoe.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
"My mum and dad used to bring me here every Saturday morning to do the shopping and I'd always beg to go on the roundabout," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
His family are some of his biggest supporters - his mum has seen the show five times already, while his dad is due to visit next month.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Her mum had passed away, she explained, following a head injury in circumstances that remain unclear.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Why tell this scarecrow anything that’ll make him more suspicious of my mum?
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
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
Miss De Putti's mumming, more enthusiastic than impressive, runs to posturing, comic mispronunciations, acrobatics.
From Time Magazine Archive
And a mumming we will go, will go, And a mumming we will go, With a bright cockade in all our hats, we'll go with a gallant show.
From The Peace Egg and Other tales by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
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