crease
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Two wickets down, next to no runs on the board, Root striding down the steps and stretching at the boundary's edge before sprinting halfway to the crease.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Knight and Bouchier were predictably more methodical - with strike rates of 81.8 and 65.5 - at the crease when they could have shown some fearless aggression.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Marner opened the scoring with a spectacular breakaway goal, skating on to William Karlssson’s two-line pass as he entered the offensive zone and beating LaCombe up the center of the ice to the crease.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
Brind’Amour fully expected to have his goalies split time in the crease in the playoffs.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
Two thousand feet below, slicing a deep crease through the surrounding bedrock, the Dudh Kosi appeared as a crooked strand of silver glinting from the shadows.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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