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Recent Examples of first base
The second blast came after Allen wanted to make up for a defensive miscue at first base.
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Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 7 Dec. 2024
Hank Conger, the team’s first base coach last season, has been promoted to assistant bench coach and will serve as catchers coach, as well.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 5 Dec. 2024
There's a big hole at first base with Alonso hitting the open market.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
The Mariners need to upgrade both first base and third base and could use Bohm, who has two more years of team control, at whatever position is better for them.
—Jim Bowden, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
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Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 7 Dec. 2024
Hank Conger, the team’s first base coach last season, has been promoted to assistant bench coach and will serve as catchers coach, as well.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 5 Dec. 2024
There's a big hole at first base with Alonso hitting the open market.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
The Mariners need to upgrade both first base and third base and could use Bohm, who has two more years of team control, at whatever position is better for them.
—Jim Bowden, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for first base
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Even compared with similar places, which were generally moving toward the G.O.P., and controlling for exposure to economic shocks, the communities targeted by the sales reps—the opioid ground zeros—moved toward the Republicans by an extra 4.6 per cent in the 2020 House elections.Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2024
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Red Bull, the energy drink company known for its extreme sports series, is bringing it back to ground zero.Shawna Chen, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024
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It’s been on the city drawing board for years but has yet to go any further.Paul Gattis | pgattis@al.com, al, 27 May 2021
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Winter Park is back to the drawing board in charting a path forward for its former library, which sits within shouting distance of Park Avenue.Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2023
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My stay was brief—just two nights at the beginning of a weeklong trip through Spain.Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 7 Dec. 2024
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The War Room was at the beginning of Carville’s fame.Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
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Trump has vowed to impose higher tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China on day one of his presidency.Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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President-elect Donald Trump has made day one promises that will upend gun violence prevention efforts nationwide.Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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The highly skilled and versatile Baker has recorded 142 tackles (88 solo), two sacks and three passes defensed in 14 starts this season.Doug Haller, The Athletic, 18 Dec. 2024
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Freshman shooting guard Juan Cranford Jr. paced Saint Francis with 21 points – his fifth consecutive start of reaching double figures in that category – and grabbed two rebounds.Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 18 Dec. 2024
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At the outset of her career, SZA signed with Lamar’s old label, Top Dawg Entertainment, and the two have frequently guested on each other’s tracks over the years.Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2024
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Extremist factions in Israeli politics have called for Jewish settlement in Gaza nearly since the outset of the war , following Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attack.Mick Krever, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
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King was the primary beneficiary of that extra space on the baseline, hitting multiple jumpers as Hidalgo found her repeatedly in the short corner.Sabreena Merchant, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
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Meeting baseline staffing or maintenance standards may keep the lights on, but exceeding them can unlock outsized gains.Stephen Wunker, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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“First base.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/first%20base. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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