mound
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Tanner Scott took the mound in the ninth a day after he gave up a walk-off home run to Arizona’s Ketel Marte.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
It was a dazzling display of power on the mound without precedent in the long history of Major League Baseball, leaving everyone in the ballpark stunned by what they had just witnessed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
As a quid pro quo, the UK is sending major artworks for display in Normandy museums, including the 12th century Lewis chess-set and the Anglo-Saxon treasures from the Sutton Hoo burial mound.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
With Ohtani both hitting well and appearing more refreshed lately, however, he’s been in the batting order for his past three starts on the mound.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
Under the low red glare of sunset, the beacon, and the gibbet, and the mound of the Battery, and the opposite shore of the river, were plain, though all of a watery lead colour.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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