dead center
Example Sentences
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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
In the bottom of the sixth, Seattle center fielder Julio Rodríguez robbed Taylor of a two-run home run to dead center field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2025
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
The final pitch of his outing — a fastball that stayed in the middle of the plate — was crushed off the middle of the batter’s eye in dead center by Michael Busch.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2024
In my head, I see a dart fly through the air and hit one of those red and white target boards dead center.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
