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gridiron

[grid-ahy-ern] / ˈgrɪdˌaɪ ərn /




NOUN
frying pan
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Part of a growing pipeline of Australians who have converted their kicking skills from Aussie rules football to gridiron, he is the NFL's highest paid punter.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

The transition from the gridiron to the regular grind has been seamless.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

Phil Knight, who bankrolls Oregon, turned Nike into an intercontinental empire that transformed the Ducks into a gridiron behemoth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Or a gridiron celebration of a certain toaster pastry?

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

While they were forced to run up and down the sandy gridiron, Milton was reading a paragraph by someone named Carlyle and answering the questions that followed.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides