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Recent Examples of first base
Former Red Sox pitcher and the franchise's current chief baseball officer, Craig Breslow, brought up the idea of Devers covering first base in the future, the New York Post reported.
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Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2025
Listen to this article In the heart of East Village, about as far from Petco Park as first base is from second base, sits Choi’s, a modern Korean fusion restaurant that opened a little more than a year ago.
—Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2025
Abraham Toro will make his first Red Sox start at first base on Monday night.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 6 May 2025
And the most creative idea to get Kemp in Philly: Shift Max Kepler from left field to center, then swing Bryce Harper from first base to left field, then move Bohm to first base, then plug Kemp in at third.
—Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2025
Listen to this article In the heart of East Village, about as far from Petco Park as first base is from second base, sits Choi’s, a modern Korean fusion restaurant that opened a little more than a year ago.
—Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2025
Abraham Toro will make his first Red Sox start at first base on Monday night.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 6 May 2025
And the most creative idea to get Kemp in Philly: Shift Max Kepler from left field to center, then swing Bryce Harper from first base to left field, then move Bohm to first base, then plug Kemp in at third.
—Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for first base
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For 30 years, Hal’s Bar and Grill was ground zero for a burgeoning Venice scene on the street that in 1990 was renamed from West Washington to Abbot Kinney Boulevard.—
Brad Johnson,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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The reporters quickly figured out that ground zero for RainbowEx was the work force at Papel Prensa, a paper factory and the country’s largest newsprint supplier.—
David Segal,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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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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A few months later, lawmakers went back to the drawing board ahead of spending cuts going into effect in January 2013 at the same time tax cuts passed under the George W. Bush administration were set to expire.—
Cami Mondeaux,
Washington Examiner,
8 Feb. 2023
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Finding new degrees of colorful suits, flowing capes, and animal print jumpsuits supported the show’s tone from the beginning, but has increasingly become part of the HBO series’s comedy in its own right.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
4 May 2025
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The latter two retained the absolutist moral vision that had characterized Western stances at the beginning of the war, clashing with the U.S.’s new position.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
3 May 2025
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This approach immediately proved fruitful — on day one, Lee and Platts knocked out the instrumentals for three tracks that made it onto Pleasure, including the first two singles.—
Elias Leight,
Billboard,
1 May 2025
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The advertising frontier represents yet another example of how crypto casinos operate in regulatory gray areas, constantly adapting to reach audiences globally from day one.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Diddy plea deal denied, Cassie video to be allowed as evidence In the lead-up to the May 5 start date, attorneys for the prosecution and the defense have been in court for pretrial hearings to discuss various procedural matters.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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What time does The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2 start?—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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By laying the foundation at the outset of these individuals joining the workforce, companies can create a strong, sustainable talent pipeline.—
Brent Daub,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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From the outset, the Trump administration has been dogged by ethics controversies, from the president’s own foray into the cryptocurrency industry to Elon Musk’s dual roles as both the head of DOGE and a major federal contractor.—
Jake Pearson,
ProPublica,
7 May 2025
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Their study modelled alternative timelines—starting in 1950, 1990, and a pre-industrial baseline—and found that in every case, temperature and sea-level rise would be measurably lower today.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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While some measures have been paused — including a Monday hold on additional tariffs for Chinese goods — many are now in effect, including a 10% baseline tariff on most countries.—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
13 May 2025
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“First base.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/first%20base. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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