dugout
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On the ground, peering out of a dugout, three Ukrainian troops aimed their rifles at the approaching man.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
At least Skubal got to drink his water in the relative cool of the dugout between innings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Hernández tossed his bat back toward the home dugout, and it sliced through the air end-over-end.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
In 1978 he was sitting in the visiting dugout in Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium when a 17-year-old phenom named Cal Ripken Jr. started “driving bombs” over the wall during batting practice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Before the game begins, Coach Nat and Ms. Erica pull us into a huddle inside the dugout instead of on the field.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
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As the two went back and forth, Dodgers reliever Edgardo Henriquez pulled his catcher away from the heated exchange, but players from both dugouts and bullpens already began to spill onto the field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
The four shelter in forest dugouts, hunting and gathering by day and telling stories at night.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Instead, he has spent the last years in dugouts around Ukraine.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
Orioles interim manager Tony Mansolino added: "It's really scary. It's terrifying. I mean, we all sit in these dugouts every night and in a lot of ways you kind of feel like sitting ducks."
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025
Entire units could lose their way while navigating this interlocking maze of trenches and dugouts.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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