: an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to about 10¹/₂ or later 11¹/₂ bushels or 100 U.S. gallons (378 liters)
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: home run
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 26 Oct. 2024
Chisholm followed Stanton’s homer in the sixth with a single to right off reliever Anthony Banda.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
With a runner on second and two outs, Noel tied the score with a homer launched in the general direction of the North Pole.
—Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
Her performance over the past few falls, in conjunction with a homer in the Future Stars game broadcast on ESPN over the summer, catapulted Barnhart into the spotlight.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2024
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Freeman, who sat out three playoff games with a gimpy ankle, stole the thunder from the Yanks’ Giancarlo Stanton, who’d knocked in a two-run homer to left in the top of the sixth to give New York a 2-1 lead.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 26 Oct. 2024
Chisholm followed Stanton’s homer in the sixth with a single to right off reliever Anthony Banda.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
With a runner on second and two outs, Noel tied the score with a homer launched in the general direction of the North Pole.
—Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
Her performance over the past few falls, in conjunction with a homer in the Future Stars game broadcast on ESPN over the summer, catapulted Barnhart into the spotlight.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Homer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homer. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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