three-spot
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The Dodgers responded to Yates’ latest meltdown with a three-spot in the top of the sixth, punctuated by a two-run double from Rojas.
From Los Angeles Times
Unfazed, King said Roberts told her she’d be playing at the three-spot in place of Jackson and Burrell.
From Los Angeles Times
He qualified 18th in the 20-driver field but will start last because he must serve a three-spot grid penalty earned in F1’s last outing, in China.
From Seattle Times
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
I tried to dismiss this weird looking “three-spot” imaging motif as an error, but in discussing it we also acknowledged the remote possibility that what we had seen might somehow contradict the classical neuroscience supporting a homunculus.
From Scientific American
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