dead center

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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

Sophomore Jordan Woolery, who struck out with the bases loaded in the second inning, didn’t miss in the fifth, delivering a three-run homer to dead center field.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2024

So, imagine me standing on top of a soapbox, dead center in the middle of a crowd of about 1,000 people, yelling at the top of my lungs, "All books are not created equal!"

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2024

Nor was it different for do-everything option Dylan Moore, who added a two-run shot to dead center in the seventh, after a scintillating spring.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2024

The third bullet was for the filthy flamingo, who stopped dead center in the road when the lethal bee buzzed past his ear.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut