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

After all, he is a stoic prospector who, at the outset of the writer-director Jalmari Helander’s film, discovers a mother lode of gold.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 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

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