mother lode
Example Sentences
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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
“What a mess we’ve created for ourselves,” said Emily Talen, a professor of urbanism at the University of Chicago who has studied zoning, or “the mother lode of city rules.”
From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2023
He is facing upriver, an inveterate white-water miner, basking for one more moment in the glow of the mother lode.
From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2022
He took a peek into the bag—whoa—a fly mother lode!
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
