: 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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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
The right-handed hitter took a step backward in 2024, slugging just 10 homers with 37 RBI in 381 trips to the plate.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Five days later, Brown homered again, this time off New York Giants pitcher Adrián Zabala in an 8-6 Brooklyn win.
—Beth Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Meantime, seventh-rounder Kai Roberts swiped 14 bases, swatted his first professional homer and hit .340/.414/.470 in 24 games after the draft at low Single-A Lake Elsinore to give him a chance to stand out on the depth chart.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
The right-handed hitter took a step backward in 2024, slugging just 10 homers with 37 RBI in 381 trips to the plate.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Verb
Martinez drove in a league-leading 130 runs for the Boston Red Sox in 2018, and went on to homer in the AL Division Series against the New York Yankees, the ALCS against the Houston Astros, and the World Series that year.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Five days later, Brown homered again, this time off New York Giants pitcher Adrián Zabala in an 8-6 Brooklyn win.
—Beth Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Homer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homer. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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