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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023

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

From Washington Post • Nov. 5, 2022

They hit a genetic mother lode, ending up with DNA from 11 individuals: six adults and five children.

From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2022

First they ripped out the boards that covered the ancient fireplace, coming upon the rusty bricks like prospectors upon the mother lode.

From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson