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The Bank of England looks closely at the inflation figures when deciding whether to increase, lower or hold its base interest rate, which is currently 3.75%.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Getting howitzer production up and running will be a test of Ukraine’s ability to serve as a manufacturing base for top-tier foreign equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

By then, Solar Cycle 25 should reach the newly identified "switch off" point, allowing scientists to base their calculations on direct observations instead of projections.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

Its great colonial naval base in Asia would be in Singapore, allowing control of Malacca, through which the largest share of global maritime traffic from China now passes.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

Okimoto hurried across the dark base to the U-2 hangar.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

But it can also enhance our baser instincts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

But it also quite consciously plays to the baser side of us that takes cold comfort, even joy, at the miseries of the hyperwealthy.

From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026

Bizarre as all of this is, Ackman’s self-promotion has obscured a perhaps far baser motivation for attacking Harvard.

From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2023

But I am going to do all I can not to cave in to my baser angel.”

From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2022

“My poor, hungry little bird, soon you will be freed from your baser appetites.”

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

But the effect on most of its victims was to bring out their basest instincts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

For all the hate that is out there, churned from the basest of motives and used to exploit parents, this is not Florida and it is not 1978.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2023

Detractors said the app catered to the basest human interests — celebrity gossip, scandal, disaster and violence — to keep users hooked as long as possible.

From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2022

They prefer stuff like "Warrior Poet Society," because it flatters their basest instincts.

From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2022

Gleefully, she turned on the faithful Robbie, and with the basest of ingratitude, rewarded him for his sacrifice by taunting him cruelly for a lack of running ability.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

The tide really began to turn later in the inning with two outs and the bases loaded.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

All of the provinces hit host military bases and air defence systems.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

Here soaring horns sit atop dripping, spattered masses, the high polish and sharp points of the parabolic shapes complementing the curvaceous, organically decorated bases below.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026