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Mother Nature

American  

noun

  1. a personification of the forces of nature as a controlling and regulating maternal being, sometimes creative and caring.


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She says that when she played her Eurovision entry, Mother Nature, to her classmates last year, "they just hugged me and were like, 'Girl, this is a hit'."

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Of course, having to rely on an invention rather than Mother Nature isn’t really what anyone wants.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2026

The Nantucket Police Department, which launched a probe, is considering all possibilities, including Mother Nature.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

"It's unheard of, with a little uncertainty, but whether we like it or not, Mother Nature has to find her place," Mohamed Amar Mohamed told AFP in the village of Jimera de Libar on Wednesday.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

And when someone gets killed by lightning, everyone knows it’s because somebody used Mother Nature to take out a hit.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

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