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After scaling back his onscreen duties, Harmon stepped down from NCIS in 2021 but remains an EP on the mother ship.
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2024
The mother ship, the Polar Prince, then lost track of the vessel.
—Ray Sanchez and Graham Hurley, CNN, 17 Sep. 2024
The bogus transcript told of Titan informing its mother ship of a series of hull alarms, as well as reports of crackling noises.
—William J. Broad, New York Times, 10 June 2024
When the Soviet Union collapsed, in 1991, Ukraine floated to independence without bloodshed, after its own Communist Party leadership decided to cut the tow rope to the sinking mother ship.
—Anna Reid, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2022
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2024
The mother ship, the Polar Prince, then lost track of the vessel.
—Ray Sanchez and Graham Hurley, CNN, 17 Sep. 2024
The bogus transcript told of Titan informing its mother ship of a series of hull alarms, as well as reports of crackling noises.
—William J. Broad, New York Times, 10 June 2024
When the Soviet Union collapsed, in 1991, Ukraine floated to independence without bloodshed, after its own Communist Party leadership decided to cut the tow rope to the sinking mother ship.
—Anna Reid, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2022
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“Mother ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mother%20ship. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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