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Recent Examples of first base
In the first four seasons of his MLB career, Burger only played five games at first base, but last year played the majority of his games (69) at first base but did play 59 games at third base.
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Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Feb. 2025
But the Marlins also will give a long look to Matt Mervis, the former highly regarded Cubs farmhand who was rated the No. 5 first base prospect in baseball just a year ago.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2025
That includes first base, where Gonzalez appears to be the top candidate to back up Casas barring any further additions.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
Cleveland Guardians The 2024 AL Central champions had a hole at first base — briefly.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
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Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Feb. 2025
But the Marlins also will give a long look to Matt Mervis, the former highly regarded Cubs farmhand who was rated the No. 5 first base prospect in baseball just a year ago.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2025
That includes first base, where Gonzalez appears to be the top candidate to back up Casas barring any further additions.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
Cleveland Guardians The 2024 AL Central champions had a hole at first base — briefly.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for first base
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Mississippi Delta Clarksdale is ground zero, a town with numerous juke joints (blues music venues) where the Delta spawned such legends as John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Ma Rainey, Howlin’ Wolf and B.B. King.—
gqlshare,
Orange County Register,
19 Feb. 2025
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In 1987, Gutfeld graduated from Berkeley, ground zero for the Marxist opposition to the Ronald Reagan regime.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
19 Feb. 2025
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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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At the beginning of the Olympics, for the U.S., there were no stakes.—
Ken Dryden,
The Atlantic,
23 Feb. 2025
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What led people to that conclusion was a shot of a laptop showing a gambling site at the beginning of the video; also visible was the shadow of another person seen in the window reflections, which many alleged was the drone pilot himself.—
Dimitar 'Mix' Mihov,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Nathan: Two things: First, the business model has to work from day one.—
Dave Knox,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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In fact, we were told that grocery prices would go down on day one, on January 20th.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Feb. 2025
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In 35 appearances with the Giants from 1959-61, Fisher made seven starts, struggling with a 3-8 record and 6.25 ERA.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025
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Jackson finished the season with 23 tackles and two pass breakups in nine games (three starts).—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Feb. 2025
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Make sure your sandbox environment is secure and compliant from the outset to avoid costly fixes later.—
Karan Jain,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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But the case took on political overtones from the outset.—
Joshua Yaffa,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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What’s worse, the tools once considered sufficient, like anti-virus software and two-factor authentication, are now merely the baseline.—
Chad Angle,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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That wasn’t the case with the Trojans, who managed to double Betts into the baseline and cut off her passing angles and often survived in single coverage by pushing the 6-foot-7 center further from the basket.—
Sabreena Merchant,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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“First base.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/first%20base. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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