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On their first possession, Mahomes stood in the pocket with the Chiefs in the red zone, spotted receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster open down the middle and pulled the trigger on a third-down pass.
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Sam McDowell 3, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
Paltrow completed her look with black pointed-toe pumps and wore her blonde hair straight and styled parted down the middle.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Below him, the Rangers still don’t have a real replacement for Filip Chytil down the middle of the third line (unless Zibanejad moves back to center).
—The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Much of this can be attributed to flying down the middle of the South Island of New Zealand and seeing the green and treeless mountains in the light of late day, as if the whole island had just pushed itself up from the blue-green sea.
—Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
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Sam McDowell 3, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
Paltrow completed her look with black pointed-toe pumps and wore her blonde hair straight and styled parted down the middle.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Below him, the Rangers still don’t have a real replacement for Filip Chytil down the middle of the third line (unless Zibanejad moves back to center).
—The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Much of this can be attributed to flying down the middle of the South Island of New Zealand and seeing the green and treeless mountains in the light of late day, as if the whole island had just pushed itself up from the blue-green sea.
—Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Down the middle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/down%20the%20middle. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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