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

But the Dodgers needed just four batters to match that with Andy Pages belting a three-run homer, his ninth of the season, to dead center in the bottom of the inning.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2025

With Sam Haggerty on first, Rodriguez crushed a 1-2 sinker from A’s starter Alex Wood over the wall in dead center for his second homer of the season.

From Seattle Times • May 12, 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

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

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