mother ship
Example Sentences
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Ukraine, which has its own mother ship drones, is trying to regain the edge.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
The hearing revealed other text messages between Titan and its mother ship as the deep-sea vessel began its trek to the sea floor to see the iconic British ocean liner that sank in 1912.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2024
For well over a decade, leadership at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art has been talking about establishing satellite museum galleries far from the mother ship on Wilshire Boulevard.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2024
Earlier this month, I took a memorable champagne truffle making class at the mother ship itself, the Lindt Home of Chocolate.
From Salon • Aug. 19, 2023
If his mental subcontractor detected a level of interest in what you had just said, it radioed a signal to the mother ship, which then wheeled around with the most intense focus.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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