1
: a member of a people inhabiting the western Pyrenees on the Bay of Biscay
2
: the language of the Basques of unknown relationship
3
not capitalized
: a tight-fitting bodice for women
Basque
adjective
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Meanwhile, the Basque’s own coaching staff was still being finalised as the games began, and on arrival in Miami the club had to scramble to add facilities to their training base at The Gardens North County District Park in Palm Beach.
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Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 11 July 2025
All that remained was raising the Basque’s €58 million release clause, yet out of nowhere before the weekend, Nico shocked Barca and publicly embarrassed it by agreeing a contract extension with Athletic Club until 2035.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
The tour begins in Bilbao, with visits to the iconic Guggenheim Museum and a cruise on the Nervión River, followed by a drive south to Burgos (which is not in the Basque Country but rather the autonomous community of Castile-Leon) for a tour of the city's Gothic cathedral.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 4 July 2025
Ibar, originally from the Basque Country in Spain, was charged with the murders and was tried multiple times, in 1997 ending in a hung jury and in 2000 resulting in a sentence to death row, which was changed to a life sentence.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2025
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Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 11 July 2025
All that remained was raising the Basque’s €58 million release clause, yet out of nowhere before the weekend, Nico shocked Barca and publicly embarrassed it by agreeing a contract extension with Athletic Club until 2035.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
The tour begins in Bilbao, with visits to the iconic Guggenheim Museum and a cruise on the Nervión River, followed by a drive south to Burgos (which is not in the Basque Country but rather the autonomous community of Castile-Leon) for a tour of the city's Gothic cathedral.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 4 July 2025
Ibar, originally from the Basque Country in Spain, was charged with the murders and was tried multiple times, in 1997 ending in a hung jury and in 2000 resulting in a sentence to death row, which was changed to a life sentence.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2025
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“Basque.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Basque. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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