mound

In an age of short stints on the mound, the franchise hopes that trusting its starters to go long can lead them to a first championship since 2009.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The moment Cam Schlittler emerged from the dugout and headed to the mound for the seventh inning on Tuesday, the New York Yankees’ plan to conquer October immediately became clear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

But he only made 14 starts on the mound before injuries limited him to hitting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Should they put their belief in the 11th-year pitcher who likely would be the odd man out in the postseason if Shohei Ohtani still were available to deal on the mound?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Snow trailed down through the hole in the roof and collected in a small mound on the floor.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Things have been especially grim on the 51st Street overpass, where tents, makeshift structures and huge mounds of trash lined the sidewalks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

But in Guryong Village, set among mounds of accumulated refuse, access to air conditioning -- or even a reliable supply of electricity -- is far from guaranteed.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 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

The Orcs were piled in great heaps, away from the mounds of Men, not far from the eaves of the forest.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

In the past, they had mounded earth on top of existing graves to create new burial sites, or narrowed existing paths to create more cremation spots.

From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2024

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

She recognized the tall spikes of yarrow and its dense clustered blossoms; around them twined the flopping stems of coreopsis, above a carved base of that plant’s mounded dark and feathery leaves.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry

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

A mounding shrub with a modest suckering habit, the plant produces deliciously fragrant pink or white blooms in summer against pristine foliage, followed by a showy crop of bright red hips in fall.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2022

The plants grow in a spreading, mounding shape, filling in nicely around taller plants.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2022

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

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi