: an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to about 10¹/₂ or later 11¹/₂ bushels or 100 U.S. gallons (378 liters)
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: home run
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Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
Ohtani had been 2-for-6 with two homers and two walks against Duran in his career.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Jayson Stark, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Shohei Ohtani and Teoscar Hernández each homered twice as the Dodgers opened an 8-0 lead through six innings and held off Cincinnati for a 10-5 victory in Game 1 on Thursday night.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
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Noun
His dominance had Detroit 2-1 up after the sixth, in which Kerry Carpenter had hit a two-run homer off Speier.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
Ohtani had been 2-for-6 with two homers and two walks against Duran in his career.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
The Babe homered in Games 3 and 4 of the ’27 World Series.
—Jayson Stark, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Shohei Ohtani and Teoscar Hernández each homered twice as the Dodgers opened an 8-0 lead through six innings and held off Cincinnati for a 10-5 victory in Game 1 on Thursday night.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Homer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homer. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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