divot
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He makes half-pound patties and seasons them well; into each he presses a divot about a ½ inch deep.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
But Farke could not definitively say if there was a rogue divot on the pitch which had cost his injury-hit side two crucial points at the Stadium of Light after an impressive display.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2024
The rifle’s extendable stock’s point—that is, the end of the butt nestled “high and tight” into the divot, or pocket, of the shoulder—provided a sturdy point of pressure.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2024
“It didn’t move, it didn’t roll, it didn’t bounce. It just made a tiny little divot in the Utah soil.”
From Washington Times ● Sep. 24, 2023
The stairs had long ago rotted away, but I was able to press a foot into a divot in the lacey concrete wall and leap upward, my arms just clearing the second floor.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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