mound
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A single, a stolen base and an RBI double later, Sheehan walked off the mound, the Dodgers trailing 2-1.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026
Tanner Scott took the mound in the ninth a day after he gave up a walk-off home run to Arizona’s Ketel Marte.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Mastering differences helped him relax on the mound.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
It was a dazzling display of power on the mound without precedent in the long history of Major League Baseball, leaving everyone in the ballpark stunned by what they had just witnessed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
I heard Mama scrabble around in the kitchen for a bit, and then she came out with a mound of folded tinfoil that she handed over to Susie.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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