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Recent Examples of first base
Freeman had pushed the envelope and went from first base to third successfully on Edman’s single.
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Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
On any normal given day, the reliever would have thrown to first base for an easy out, but the occasion seemed to get to the 24-year-old.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
The Phillies' reliever could have gathered himself and thrown to first base to record the final out of the inning but instead threw to home.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Flores wouldn’t be able to provide any defensive versatility either and would be relegated strictly to first base.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 5 Oct. 2025
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Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
On any normal given day, the reliever would have thrown to first base for an easy out, but the occasion seemed to get to the 24-year-old.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
The Phillies' reliever could have gathered himself and thrown to first base to record the final out of the inning but instead threw to home.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Flores wouldn’t be able to provide any defensive versatility either and would be relegated strictly to first base.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 5 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for first base
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As this tricky forecast comes into focus, all signs point to Jamaica being ground zero for what could become one of the most destructive hurricanes of the season.—
Chris Dolce,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Academics, educators and critics alike refer to Oklahoma as ground zero for pushing education to the right.—
Jennifer Smith Richards,
ProPublica,
22 Oct. 2025
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After trying all three, stick with the one that worked best for you (or go back to drawing board).—
Larry Olmsted,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 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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Teasing the new season at the beginning of the first episode, which dropped on Thursday, the entrepreneur and reality star is seen going into an MRI scanner with her head appearing to be bandaged.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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The embezzlement accusations would turn out to be just the beginning of Ozer’s troubles.—
Steve Belanger,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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They should have been gone on day one, which conveniently coincided with their council’s statutory biannual review and renewal, neither of which appears to have been conducted.—
Paul du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement Starting again from day one The world that follows is quieter.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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Moreover, Ohtani is the only player in postseason history with at least one pitching start and multiple home runs in a single postseason.—
Valentina Martinez,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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If what once felt easy starts to get complicated, don’t be discouraged.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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At the outset of his trip Haeckel was still shaken from the death, probably by suicide, of one of his professors, the esteemed physician and marine biologist Johannes Müller.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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What is clear from the outset is Pluribus’ global scale, which required a much larger canvas than Gilligan had ever been given.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 Oct. 2025
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These characters are reacting to a baseline that hasn’t been established yet, which makes their betrayals unmoored.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
25 Oct. 2025
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The analysis combined the results from two major long-baseline experiments that send beams of muon neutrinos across hundreds of miles to distant detectors.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Oct. 2025
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“First base.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/first%20base. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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