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Idioms and Phrases

The best or greatest of a type, as in That was the mother of all tennis matches . This expression originated during the Gulf War as a translation of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's term umm al-ma'arik , for “major battle”; the Arabic “mother of” is a figure of speech for “major” or “best.” It was quickly adopted and applied to just about any person, event, or activity. [ Slang ; late 1980s]
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Often sitting in her car on her way to work, the mother of three vlogged over two weeks about how despite her successful career she had become trapped in a toxic marriage for years, feeling manipulated to fund her husband's lifestyle - in particular his desire to drive a Mercedes Benz.

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In addition to her bifurcated professional duties, Soni is the mother of two children, ages 4 and 7.

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While advocacy groups focus on acceptance and inclusion they avoid "uncomfortable truths about children like mine", Emily May, a mother of a child with autism, wrote in a New York Times opinion piece on Friday.

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In his will, written in 2022, Pope Francis said: "Throughout my life, and during my ministry as a priest and bishop, I have always entrusted myself to the Mother of Our Lord, the Blessed Virgin Mary."

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So, when Patty Morin, the mother of Rachel Morin, who was murdered by a Salvadorian fugitive in Maryland, stepped into the Brady Briefing room and in anguished tones told the story of the death of her daughter, I connected on a level I had not since I left AMW.

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