base
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That gives him a base of support which constitutes more than half of Fifa's 211 members.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
“Our base case remains that the Fed stays on hold in July and through the end of 2026,” Principal Asset Management’s Seema Shah said in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Proposition 28 sets aside an amount equal to 1% of the state’s base education funding — close to $1 billion per year — to increase arts education.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
These launches, conducted from a Texas base near protected natural areas, have drawn sharp criticism from advocacy groups in recent years.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Barbara Powers and a few other spouses were touring the base with their husbands.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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But it can also enhance our baser instincts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
But it also quite consciously plays to the baser side of us that takes cold comfort, even joy, at the miseries of the hyperwealthy.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026
“Atavists” focuses on social acuity and awareness, but also how our baser natures exert themselves today: Trudy obsesses over an old friend’s posts on social media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025
When they try to save guinea pigs from an animal testing lab, though, their baser instincts take over and Snake ends up swallowing the poor creatures instead of freeing them.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
“My poor, hungry little bird, soon you will be freed from your baser appetites.”
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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But the effect on most of its victims was to bring out their basest instincts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
For all the hate that is out there, churned from the basest of motives and used to exploit parents, this is not Florida and it is not 1978.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
The actor and playwright Eric Bogosian blazed a career on Off Broadway stages in the 1980s and ’90s by mucking around in mankind’s basest instincts.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
They prefer stuff like "Warrior Poet Society," because it flatters their basest instincts.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2022
Medill accused him of nurturing the city’s basest instincts but also called him “the most remarkable man that our city has ever produced.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, meanwhile, rejected Iran’s claim that the U.S. has bases in the country.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Safadi was referring to the 2021 defense agreement that allows U.S. forces unfettered access to 12 facilities in Jordan, including five air bases; the agreement was approved via royal decree and bypassed parliament.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
But to cover all bases, OpenAI is putting $150 million into its new partner network, where consultants like Boston Consulting Group, Bain and Accenture help sell and deploy its tools inside businesses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Fury, who bases his training camps in Thailand, appeared relaxed and in good spirits.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Three. Five-tool talents can fly. They steal bases and take extra bases.”
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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A massive upgrade package based on lessons learned in the early races - increasing downforce and reducing weight - has taken what looks like two seconds off the car's lap times.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
I reached this same conclusion three months ago, based on the fund flow data at that time.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Mr. Arnott is founding chairman of Research Affiliates, an asset management firm based in Newport Beach, Calif.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
FIFA's statement was a rapid response to a story in British newspapers The Times and The Financial Times based on leaks of the plan from two sources.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
“Your jokes require lengthy understanding of the topic it’s based on, which is quite taxing, I find.”
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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It’s already reflected in stock prices, and investors gain no advantage when basing their stock selections on it.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 4, 2026
A Nato spokesperson later clarified that Rutte had simply meant to highlight how allies, Italy included, had honoured existing bilateral basing agreements.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
The Pentagon chief said the move was also aimed at ensuring US "access, basing and overflight are clearly delineated and assured" after some European imposed restrictions on US forces during the Iran war.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
The table above lists six actively managed ETFs that use AI to manage their portfolios and bill themselves as basing their strategies on AI.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
Articles accused their detractors of basing comments on brief medical bulletins and newspaper reports, hardly enough to make a diagnosis.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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