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

TV stations continued to mine the mother lode of old movies.

From Washington Post • Nov. 5, 2022

Then, one group member found the mother lode beneath a moss cushion at a tree’s base: a cluster of maroon pitchers strung on a white, chlorophyll-lacking shoot.

From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2022

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