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• n  a container that is usually woven and has handles
• n  the quantity contained in a basket
• n  horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball
• n  a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop

• For months, in corridors and cloakrooms, at cocktail parties and committee hearings, Washington has been talking about three "baskets.
• Kobe can keep going toward the basket.
• I believe that Republican concessions (on basket warrants) and Democratic concessions (on immunity for telecoms who allowed access to information, after receiving a direct .

• handbasket
• basketful
• basketball hoop
• hoop
• field goal

News & Articles

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• No flag, but a wicker basket for Rose's caddie
  In the hectic moments following Justin Rose’s victory at the U.S. Open the Englishman’s caddie, Mark Fulcher, inquired about retrieving the 18th-hole basket.
  June 17, 2013 - The Golf Channel
• Bringing the Powerful Basket Approach to Forex Trends
  Bringing the Powerful Basket Approach to Forex Trends
  June 14, 2013 - DailyFX via Yahoo! Finance
• U.S. Open: Wicker basket penalizes Westwood for accuracy (watch)
  U.S. Open: Wicker basket penalizes Westwood for accuracy (watch) You no doubt have heard about those charming red wicker baskets that are trademarks of the Merion Golf Club's East Course, where the U.S. Open is being contested.Lee Westwood's approach on the 12th hole Thursday displayed deadly accuracy. But the result was fatal for his score on the hole:"If it hits a flag, it might go straight ...
  June 14, 2013 - Sentinel & Enterprise

Quotes

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• Stephanie Coontz in International Herald Tribune
  Gulf Arabs are planning -- along with China, Russia, Japan and France -- to end dollar dealings for oil, moving instead to a basket of currencies including the Japanese yen and Chinese yuan, the euro, gold and a new, unified currency planned for... Robert Fisk http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fisk&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNG_qy15A7CIWjkAcjDODcf6ZF9lKQ Daily News & Analysis http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_will-oil-lose-its-dollar-peg-not-so-fast_1295764&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNF7hWc6y2Y-Yb80CaXTJjHvHGNHBQ Oct 6, 2009 8432 11890 basket I imagine that people will try to be more thoughtful about not putting all their economic eggs in the same basket, but I doubt if they will start trying to meet people outside their field just for economic reasons," Coontz said.
• Geoff Petrie in San Jose Mercury News
  He will certainly bring a defensive presence and increase our ability to defend around the basket with his rebounding, shot-blocking and athleticism,Kings president Geoff Petrie said. "I think he'll add a very different look to our team...