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dugout

[duhg-aut] / ˈdʌgˌaʊt /
NOUN
hollowed area
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Rushing went through a learning curve juggling his defensive and offensive responsibilities, and navigating intense online scrutiny of his outbursts on the field and in the dugout.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

When Cash took the helm of Tampa Bay’s dugout in 2015, the idea of the Rays bunting this frequently would have been unfathomable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

In 1978 he was sitting in the visiting dugout in Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium when a 17-year-old phenom named Cal Ripken Jr. started “driving bombs” over the wall during batting practice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

He covered his face with his left hand and was able to jog toward the Cubs dugout, where a trainer helped him down the steps and into the clubhouse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

We bring it in by the safety fence in front of the first-base dugout.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner

Ron Hernandez, coach and vice president of Metro Little League, said that the city locked up the dugouts and installed some metal fencing to prevent access to the baseball fields.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Before their Championship debut, Wrexham added new TV gantries, moved the dugouts and spent £2m on adding under-soil heating to the pitch.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

Eastern Ukraine used to feel like a throwback to the Western Front in World War One, with trenches and dugouts reinforced against artillery and snipers.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026

His face bore the extreme exhaustion typical of men who have spent too long in front-line dugouts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026

And excavated deep beneath the surface, where the soil allowed, were shell-proof underground shelters, or dugouts in places thirty or more feet deep, approached down wooden staircases.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman


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