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mother hen, motherhood, mother house, Mother Hubbard, mothering, Mothering Sunday, mother-in-law, mother-in-law's tongue, motherland, mother language, motherless

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Congress is nearing a vote on the Keystone XL pipeline, and lawmakers made their cases for—and against—it Sunday.
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That was accomplished by cops such as the one whose picture was clutched so tightly by his widow on Sunday.
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Scott, who died Sunday at 49, could go from evoking a Baptist preacher to quoting Public Enemy.
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When ‘Downton Abbey’ returns Sunday night, its fashion fans are in for a familiar treat.
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Those who are not working on Sunday will almost certainly attend the funeral for Liu.
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A little boy aged two years and four months was deprived of a pencil from Thursday to Sunday for scribbling on the wall-paper.
Children's Ways|James Sully
And sure enough when Sunday came, and the pencil was restored to him, he promptly showed nurse his picture.
Children's Ways|James Sully
The fact that the day following the punishment parade was a Sunday brought about a certain relaxation from discipline.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
He was a boy of eighteen, aching over his first love affair; and she was divinely mothering him.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
Hagley Road, on Sunday evenings, is particularly affected by some as their favourite promenade.
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British Dictionary definitions for Mothering Sunday

Mothering Sunday

/ (ˈmʌðərɪŋ) /

noun

See Mother's Day

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