In each of the following sentences, choose the action verb.
For help with this exercise, see section 14d of Foundations First, Fifth Edition.
Babe Ruth, one of baseball’s most popular players, held the record for home runs in a single season for thirty-four years.
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In 1961, Roger Maris set a new record over the objections of some fans.
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Maris, a shy, quiet man, hated attention from reporters and fame from his home-run record.
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Nevertheless, Maris’s record lasted thirty-seven years.
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Mark McGwire shattered Maris’s record of sixty-one home runs with seventy homers in 1998.
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Before the end of the 1998 season, McGwire visited the Maris family.
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Sportswriters looked again at Maris’s accomplishments after McGwire’s sixty-second home run that year.
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Maris’s home-run record stayed on the books longer than any other record in baseball.
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McGwire’s record, on the other hand, fell very quickly.
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In 2001, Barry Bonds established a new record of seventy-three home runs in a season.
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