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Suffice it to say that today white evangelical Christians (along with conservative Catholics) are the heart and soul of the Republican Party's grassroots base-a core following continually mobilized by a network of pulpits and media outlets that technology has only amplified.

The Audacity of Hope Obama, Barack 2006

Linking arms and shields and with lances thrust outwards, war clubs at their sides, they formed a circle around the whirling base-a ring strong enough to contain Lord Shoashooan as soon as he touched the exposed roots of the tree at which Gaynor maniacally continued to hack while Klosterheim looked on impassively.

The Skrayling Tree Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 2003

The building could have been transported bodily from any WWII American army base-a two-story wood-frame construction, with a pitched roof, and painted white.

The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000

She was concentrating so hard on the song's arrangement, that she didn't realize how close she'd gotten to the stage-not until a wild guitar lick screamed out of the second in answer to a growl from the base-a solo riff that was paralyzingly familiar.

Children Of The Night Lackey, Mercedes 1990

This one works, because the ingredients have a common base-a fictional treatment of historical underdogs that is equal parts sympathy and empowerment, with a splash of knowing satire.

Forbes.com: News Nathan Pensky 2011

The first step is picking a tostada base-a round chip a bit larger than a CD-either smoky seasoned or plain.

Serious Eats: New York Nikki Goldstein 2010

Four days is the limit imposed on all press visits to the detention facility at the American base-a day of arrival, two days of taking pictures, and a day of departure.

VQR 2010

It was vintage Warner: The senator, simultaneously frantic and focused, rarely passes on even a fleeting opportunity to tend his base-a balky and, because of the all-or-nothing battles in Washington, increasingly restless blend of true-blue Democrats, independents and centrist Republicans.

News for WSLS 10 WSLS 10 2010

The first step is picking a tostada base-a round chip a bit larger than a CD-either smoky seasoned or plain.

Serious Eats: New York Nikki Goldstein 2010

The first step is picking a tostada base-a round chip a bit larger than a CD-either smoky seasoned or plain.

Serious Eats: New York Nikki Goldstein 2010