as in bottom
the lowest part, place, or point
the foot of the pedestal
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as in bottoms
the lowest part, place, or point
the foot of the pedestal
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Recent Examples of foot
Todd Pendleton, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
Lucas Erceg hit in foot by line drive Kansas City Royals reliever Lucas Erceg exited Friday’s game against the Detroit Tigers after being hit on the foot by a line drive.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2025
John Towfighi, David Goldman and Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
On a Saturday afternoon when the puck was bouncing and footing on the Ball Arena ice was fleeting at times, the Blues found one more bounce in a 2-1 victory.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2025
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Noun
April 19: McVeigh parks the truck outside the federal building and flees on foot to his getaway car.
—Todd Pendleton, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
Lucas Erceg hit in foot by line drive Kansas City Royals reliever Lucas Erceg exited Friday’s game against the Detroit Tigers after being hit on the foot by a line drive.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2025
Verb
Businesses and consumers will end up footing tariff bills, and uncertainty has led to a slowdown in hiring and consumer spending.
—John Towfighi, David Goldman and Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
On a Saturday afternoon when the puck was bouncing and footing on the Ball Arena ice was fleeting at times, the Blues found one more bounce in a 2-1 victory.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2025
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Verb
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In the next bracket up, 24%, most couples are also paying a 3.8% investment tax, for a combined federal rate of 27.8%.—
William Baldwin,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Lionel Messi, who met the pope in 2013, paid tribute to on the social network X, posting a picture of the pope accepting an olive tree from him.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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Trump’s tariffs on cars, steel and aluminum are still standing, and could crush those Canadian industries.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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But enemy shelling killed two Marines standing guard there – Darwin Judge and Charles MacMahon, the last Americans to die in Vietnam.—
David Martin,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Foot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foot. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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