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made reservations at a restaurant that's smack-dab in the center of town
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But the newest tenant, Alara, is something altogether different: a downtown-caliber, fine-dining restaurant smack-dab in the middle of it all.
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Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 24 Apr. 2024
Right now, one of them is smack-dab center stage at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Rupert Goold’s production of The Hunt.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2024
Friends have gone even further north to St. Johnsbury, which is smack-dab in the path of totality.
—Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Apr. 2024
The Detroit Lions coach grew up a huge Cowboys fan in Glen Rose, Texas, a tiny town about 75 miles southwest of Dallas that got a population spike in the mid-1970s when a when a nuclear power plant opened smack-dab in the middle of oil country.
—Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 26 Jan. 2024
Trump’s hefty support is smack-dab in the middle of two wings of the Republican primary electorate: One wing is more establishment, moderate Republicans who adamantly oppose Trump, the other wing are the people who like Trump’s policies but aren’t fond of the man himself.
—Katie Bernardand, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
His career was smack-dab in the Steelers’ dynasty era.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023
Brevard is smack-dab in the middle of waterfall country.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2023
The celebrity endorsers -- Mark Wahlberg, Cole Hauser, and Andy Pettitte -- are smack-dab in the middle of the target demographic.
—Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 22 Sep. 2023
Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 24 Apr. 2024
Right now, one of them is smack-dab center stage at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Rupert Goold’s production of The Hunt.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2024
Friends have gone even further north to St. Johnsbury, which is smack-dab in the path of totality.
—Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Apr. 2024
The Detroit Lions coach grew up a huge Cowboys fan in Glen Rose, Texas, a tiny town about 75 miles southwest of Dallas that got a population spike in the mid-1970s when a when a nuclear power plant opened smack-dab in the middle of oil country.
—Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 26 Jan. 2024
Trump’s hefty support is smack-dab in the middle of two wings of the Republican primary electorate: One wing is more establishment, moderate Republicans who adamantly oppose Trump, the other wing are the people who like Trump’s policies but aren’t fond of the man himself.
—Katie Bernardand, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
His career was smack-dab in the Steelers’ dynasty era.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023
Brevard is smack-dab in the middle of waterfall country.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2023
The celebrity endorsers -- Mark Wahlberg, Cole Hauser, and Andy Pettitte -- are smack-dab in the middle of the target demographic.
—Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 22 Sep. 2023
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