mother ship
Example Sentences
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There, Roy Neary, played by Richard Dreyfuss, is invited into the mother ship to travel with them into space.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
Investigators with the US Coast Guard said it was among the final communications between the Titan and its mother ship before they lost contact for good.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2024
The size and waterfront location, she added, make AltaSea “a unicorn piece of property that is basically made to be the mother ship for the blue economy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2024
The Guggenheim’s mother ship interior is such a thrill that it prepares you to love whatever’s on view.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2024
I picture a giant mother ship hovering in the skies above us.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
