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
There was also North Carolina’s three-spot jump to No. 4 after beating rival North Carolina State for its third Atlantic Coast Conference road win in as many tries and blowing out Syracuse at home.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2024
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
The next turn showed up a queen for Tinhorn and a three-spot for Smith.
From 'Me--Smith' by Hoskins, Gayle Porter
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