base

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The Maritime and Coast Guard agency also issued advice, including to stay well back from cliff edges and avoid walking near the base of cliffs.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

NASA’s Artemis II mission sped off to the moon Wednesday, and the space agency hopes eventually to build a permanent moon base.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Sax argues, “That desire fits this very base desire as humans, which is to touch things, to interact with things, to buy things, to do actual things outside of our screens.”

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

In the first inning, Trout stared down Woo before taking first base after a sinker hit the star outfielder’s left shoulder.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

In Roman times, a bronze sculpture in the shape of a crab had been attached to the base below each of the four corners of Cleo to stabilize it.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman