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mother lode

[muhth-er-lohd] / ˈmʌð ərˌloʊd /


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But it could be a mother lode for small and large local news outlets, providing $500 million a year to preserve and grow local newsrooms.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024

But for a noir of isolation and concealment, about how the past can often feel inescapable, these shadowy dugouts — Travis’ motel, a church and one character’s lonely lair — are an atmospheric mother lode.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2024

Two-thousand-five-hundred miles west of Dodger Stadium was a mother lode of Dodgers memorabilia.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023

A 21-year-old National Guard airman, Jack Teixeira, allegedly used the online platform to post a mother lode of secret documents.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2023

Out in those fields, he used to talk about finding the mother lode, though: a mason jar of old money.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt




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