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[bays] / beɪs /








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Those missing were thought to have been in shops that had opened at the base of the building.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

But he's candid about how things have changed here and how the union movement that was so integral to Lula's support base is stuck in the "Middle Ages", and struggling to keep up.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Insider tip: Ride the Roundhouse Express gondola from the River Run base to the historic Roundhouse restaurant for a fondue lunch with panoramic views of five mountain ranges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

After a five-year hiatus, "A Court of Splintered Harmony" will reunite author Sarah J. Maas's passionate fan base for the midnight release of the sixth book in her genre-defining series.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Hila at last extracted from her bag a thick, heavy-looking candle, which, after furtively glancing about the park, she placed at the base of the plastic tree trunk.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

The algorithm didn’t exist when I was shopping for studded belts in Spring Valley — it was a baser instinct thing, something my brain had an immediate and raw reaction to.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

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

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

And it seemed to Tyrion that the gold and silver and platinum links far outnumbered those of baser metals.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Without inhibition, Ferrier believed that we’d all be slaves to our basest impulses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The new arrivals were often broke or close to it, and instantly found themselves in a crowded warren of streets that catered to their basest needs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025

And like the former president, Brand has channeled lessons from his early rise, betting on his basest self — and on the accommodations and calculations that those around him have always made.

From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2023

They prefer stuff like "Warrior Poet Society," because it flatters their basest instincts.

From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2022

Gleefully, she turned on the faithful Robbie, and with the basest of ingratitude, rewarded him for his sacrifice by taunting him cruelly for a lack of running ability.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

A large number of U.S. military personnel remain in Israel and refueling tankers are stationed at Israel’s main airport as well as air force bases in the south.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

As the PKK process has advanced, the Kurdish militants destroyed weapons at a symbolic ceremony last year, and this month, withdrew from four key bases in northern Iraq in a move confirmed by Turkish intelligence.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, where the fire broke out, is one of the country's busiest military training bases.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

We certainly didn’t have all those bases covered when we moved to Cuenca, Ecuador, 16 years ago.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

One look at the opposing bases convinced Crick.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Dynamic or algorithmic pricing is when a business changes prices in real time based on market conditions such as demand, inventory and competitor rates.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Members of the Chetrit family, based in New York, hold extensive real estate through multiple companies, some of which have suffered legal and financial troubles in the last two years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The subsequent wave is based on the rise of AI agents that complete tasks with varying degrees of autonomy, complexity and duration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Thomas Markle, who is 82 and based in the US, denies possessing any such images.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The 586th stayed based in Anisovka, protecting Saratov, until February 1943.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

It is also a crucial provider of basing and overflight rights to the U.S. military.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Despite being a lifelong Sunderland fan, Chandler admits basing his team on Kevin Keegan's Newcastle - with entertainment even placed above winning.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Because Greece is an EU member, basing there would give Binance access to the entire trading bloc.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The point of these various studies is not that we should start basing our investment decisions on weather reports or the phases of the moon.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 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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