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mound

[mound] / maʊnd /


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Roberts also shed light on some of the work Ohtani’s doing to get back on the mound.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

The score was so lopsided by the ninth inning that utility player Kiké Hernández took the mound to finish the game — but without his signature pitching helmet.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Manager Dave Roberts did not call it a setback as the two-way star has been working to get back on the mound after lingering inflammation and soreness in his left knee.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

Dodgers left-hander Jack Dreyer took the mound for the bottom half and, with runners on the corners, gave up a walk-off single to McGonigle.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

Once that was done, she took one last look at the bottle mound and sighed.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

At a gleaming new factory in China's central hinterland, masked workers in white uniform season and sift through mounds of latiao, a longtime popular snack that has found hungry fans overseas.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

“Most district schools would not have mounds this high,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Thanks to four years as vice president and two presidential bids, her name identification is universal, and she has demonstrated the ability to raise mounds of money.

From Salon Jul. 27, 2026

Business executives quite properly have taken these pledges with mounds of salt.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Because the ribbon had been strung too close to the mounds of dog food.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

In addition to identifying forts similar to the walled fortresses Poidebard found, the team identified forts with interior architecture features and ones built around a mounded citadel.

From Science Daily Oct. 27, 2023

In the distance, a Boswell crew with earth-movers was building a levee, a rising barrier of mounded dirt.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 28, 2023

Goguryeo’s elites also learned from the Chinese the art of adorning their large, mounded tombs with colorful murals depicting the lives of royals surrounded by dancers, servants, and enslaved people.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

As it turned out, the remains were at the very bottom, partially underground, below earth that had been mounded around the old foundation.

From Washington Post Dec. 13, 2022

As we passed the groaning trestle tables of food, I saw Sul Ross head for the trees with two mounded plates of cake.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

Taste and season with salt and pepper, then transfer to a platter, mounding it to one side.

From Washington Times Jun. 14, 2023

But radar satellites that measure ocean height can also find them, by looking for subtle signs of seawater mounding above a hidden seamount, tugged by its gravity.

From Science Magazine Apr. 18, 2023

Both heathers have a mounding habit and grow 2-by-2 feet.

From Seattle Times Dec. 31, 2022

Using a towel or oven mitt, holding each skin steady on the pan, spoon the mixture into the skins, mounding slightly at the center.

From Washington Post Jun. 9, 2022

They gathered the silver to them, mounding it around, piling it high.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi




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