basks

present tense third-person singular of bask

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • But, a year later, Springer rests at the opposite end of baseball’s leaderboards.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The genocide allegation also rests on claims that Israel intentionally targeted civilians, but the study acknowledges civilian deaths while finding no evidence of a systematic policy of massacre.
    Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Also, closing your mouth a bit relaxes your jaw muscles and gives you more space back there.
    Elizabeth Cohen, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
  • But the new guidance relaxes those limits.
    Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Basks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basks. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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