playing area
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The game ended with a sudden outburst from Carlsen, who struck the table with his fist before offering Gukesh a swift handshake and leaving the playing area.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025
The narrowness of the playing area makes it difficult for the actors to do more than offer a stylized approximation of the slapstick ballet that Frayn has engineered.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2025
Compounding the disarray, the actors look geographically lost on a set by Mimi Lien that only amplifies the vastness of the playing area.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2024
Milkins and Perry were on table one at the Crucible when a man entered the playing area to gasps from the crowd, jumped and kneeled on the table before emptying a bag of orange powder.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2023
Only now did Penelope notice that, during the dancing, a curtained playing area had been quickly set up on one side of the ballroom, between the tall windows.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
