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

Sophomore Jordan Woolery, who struck out with the bases loaded in the second inning, didn’t miss in the fifth, delivering a three-run homer to dead center field.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2024

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

It was after five in the morning when he found him lying almost in the dead center of the Lawn.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy