playing area

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The game ended with a sudden outburst from Carlsen, who struck the table with his fist before offering Gukesh a swift handshake and leaving the playing area.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025

The narrowness of the playing area makes it difficult for the actors to do more than offer a stylized approximation of the slapstick ballet that Frayn has engineered.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2025

And Yuka Takara’s choreography measures the relatively tight playing area with minimalist aplomb.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024

There was no pacifying him until I invited him on to the playing area so that he could kick a ball about.

From BBC • Jul. 5, 2023

Only now did Penelope notice that, during the dancing, a curtained playing area had been quickly set up on one side of the ballroom, between the tall windows.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood