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dead center

[ded sen-ter] / ˈdɛd ˈsɛn tər /




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The piston faces have small, crescent-shaped reliefs into which the valves extend near the top dead center.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

In the bottom of the sixth, Seattle center fielder Julio Rodríguez robbed Taylor of a two-run home run to dead center field.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 7, 2025

"RoboCop" endures and we are still talking about it almost four decades later because of the social and political issues it confronted, right there, dead center in the film.

From Salon Apr. 19, 2025

The final pitch of his outing — a fastball that stayed in the middle of the plate — was crushed off the middle of the batter’s eye in dead center by Michael Busch.

From Seattle Times Mar. 24, 2024

Everyone takes a step back and I find myself dead center.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya




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