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Examples
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The start-up is charged with beating the incumbent and taking down the mother-ship.
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He may need all the help he can get from the show's other mother-ship visitor: Pauley Perrette's Abby Sciuto.
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The grand prize was a seven-episode guest stint on the mother-ship, but so many of the Project kids were so ingratiating that Murphy ended up offering extended roles on the show to four of them.
Ed Martin: Ten Noteworthy Shows From 2011 You Won't See on Other Ten-Best Lists Ed Martin 2011
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The start-up is charged with beating the incumbent and taking down the mother-ship.
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Analysts tell me that Virgin Galactic's mother-ship plane, WhiteKnight Two—which ferries SpaceShip Two aloft and drops it into the atmosphere—is made of light carbon and could have military applications, too.
Space: The Next Business Frontier Mary Kissel 2011
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The grand prize was a seven-episode guest stint on the mother-ship, but so many of the Project kids were so ingratiating that Murphy ended up offering extended roles on the show to four of them.
Ed Martin: Ten Noteworthy Shows From 2011 You Won't See on Other Ten-Best Lists Ed Martin 2011
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The company is aiming to keep users from leaving the mother-ship -- looping them through interconnected Google search and e-commerce sites -- and allow Google to collect a direct slice of the exploding e-commerce pie.
Nathan Newman: Google Without Links: Could It Swallow E-Commerce? Nathan Newman 2011
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The company is aiming to keep users from leaving the mother-ship -- looping them through interconnected Google search and e-commerce sites -- and allow Google to collect a direct slice of the exploding e-commerce pie.
Nathan Newman: Google Without Links: Could It Swallow E-Commerce? Nathan Newman 2011
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The grand prize was a seven-episode guest stint on the mother-ship, but so many of the Project kids were so ingratiating that Murphy ended up offering extended roles on the show to four of them.
Ed Martin: Ten Noteworthy Shows From 2011 You Won't See on Other Ten-Best Lists Ed Martin 2011
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The start-up is charged with beating the incumbent and taking down the mother-ship.
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