deadeye
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Each is deadeye with a gun — a good skill to have when rattlesnakes make their way into your home.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2018
Even deadeye sharpshooter Reggie Miller clapped his wrists when releasing the ball.
From Forbes ● Aug. 26, 2014
Kentucky was a deadeye 35-of-37 at the line, compared to 13-of-17 for the Hoosiers.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2012
Jon Scheyer, the deadeye shooter who essentially replaced J.J.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2010
That was my role: the dutiful son, the All-American boy with an All-American fifteen-foot deadeye jump shot and an All-American 3.5 GPA.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
Coach Ranko Zeravica threw down the gauntlet after his Yugoslav deadeyes trounced Italy, 86-77, for the gold medal.
From Time Magazine Archive
Everything on the decks was brightly revealed, every ringbolt, the pins in the rails, deadeyes, sails, gear, aye, every rope in the rigging was boldly etched against the glowing background.
From The Blood Ship by Norman Springer
Below, Lee Goom and Toyama were lowering skylight covers and screwing up deadeyes.
From The Night-Born by Jack London
He reached up and seized a notch beneath a gunport, pulling the longboat under the deadeyes that supported the mainmast shrouds.
From Caribbee by Thomas Hoover
Make fast your painter round one of her deadeyes, and then follow me aboard.”
From Overdue The Story of a Missing Ship by W. Herbert Holloway
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