: 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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Miami Herald, 28 June 2025
Josh Lowe had a two-out single, Brandon Lowe worked a 10-pitch walk and Díaz hit his 13th homer to make it 8-0.
—Compiled From Wire Reports, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2025
Miami Herald, 30 June 2025
Kurtz homered less than a year after being picked fourth overall out of Wake Forest and also did so about 16 years after his father watched the Phillies in the World Series against the Yankees.
—Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
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Noun
Perdomo’s two-out single drove in McCarthy before Marte’s opposite-field homer made it 6-3.
—Miami Herald, 28 June 2025
Josh Lowe had a two-out single, Brandon Lowe worked a 10-pitch walk and Díaz hit his 13th homer to make it 8-0.
—Compiled From Wire Reports, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2025
Verb
Ketel Marte homered for the second straight game and Eugenio Suarez had two hits and an RBI for the D-backs, who have lost four in a row.
—Miami Herald, 30 June 2025
Kurtz homered less than a year after being picked fourth overall out of Wake Forest and also did so about 16 years after his father watched the Phillies in the World Series against the Yankees.
—Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
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“Homer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homer. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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