three-spot
Americannoun
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Unfazed, King said Roberts told her she’d be playing at the three-spot in place of Jackson and Burrell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2025
These connections to higher-order control regions planted the idea that the three-spot network might be important for merging motor command signals from the homunculus with neural activity for more abstract planning.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 21, 2023
"To put up a three-spot in the second inning, no less against one of the better pitchers in baseball, if not at the top, that’s really big," Lyles said.
From Fox News ● May 18, 2021
Moved from cleanup to the three-spot and flipping slots with struggling slugger Giancarlo Stanton, Didi Gregorius put New York ahead 3-2 with an RBI single in the fifth.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 19, 2018
She has got a brother, but he don't amount to shucks—he ain't much more'n a three-spot.
From The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation by Wilson, Harry Leon
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