on base
idiom
baseball
: occupying one of the bases (first, second, or third) during a game
There's a runner on base.
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In a game where the Angels and Nationals combined for 24 runs and 30 hits — with the 19 hits and 15 runs given up by the Angels’ pitching staff representing season-worst marks — what ultimately separated the teams was the Angels’ inability to come through with runners on base.
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Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
Some banks, like BNY, are training their own open-source systems, relying on base models built by the likes of Meta or Mistral as a starting point and training them on their own data, as well as turning to proprietary models such as those from OpenAI for some use cases.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 26 June 2025
Only 44 American soldiers remained on base at the time, supported by Qatari forces, who helped intercept the incoming missiles.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
Nobody in Major League Baseball wants to face Cleveland Guardians superstar Jose Ramirez, let alone with a runner on base.
—Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2025
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Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
Some banks, like BNY, are training their own open-source systems, relying on base models built by the likes of Meta or Mistral as a starting point and training them on their own data, as well as turning to proprietary models such as those from OpenAI for some use cases.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 26 June 2025
Only 44 American soldiers remained on base at the time, supported by Qatari forces, who helped intercept the incoming missiles.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
Nobody in Major League Baseball wants to face Cleveland Guardians superstar Jose Ramirez, let alone with a runner on base.
—Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2025
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“On base.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20base. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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