papa
Example Sentences
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‘You’ve got to take care of mama bear and papa bear first.’
From MarketWatch • Dec. 16, 2025
When Gustav swaggers back into the daughters’ lives to play the cheery grandfather and beloved papa, both are skeptical.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
To me, and everyone else in my family, he’s always been papa.
From Salon • Oct. 31, 2025
But not before papa Ozzy got a few words in edgewise.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2025
As long as my papa was with me, I wouldn’t have been scared of the devil himself if he’d had horns on both ends.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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