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Aside from specific situations, like a 3-0 count, pitchers aren’t trying to throw the ball down the middle.
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Aaron Gleeman, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The justices in this case appear to be split down the middle.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Then came the Civil War, which sank the steamboat trade and split the Clemens family down the middle.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Her Redwood City set is not a dare, as CNN was, but a campaign straight down the middle.
—Kerry Howley, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
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Aaron Gleeman, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The justices in this case appear to be split down the middle.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Then came the Civil War, which sank the steamboat trade and split the Clemens family down the middle.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Her Redwood City set is not a dare, as CNN was, but a campaign straight down the middle.
—Kerry Howley, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Down the middle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/down%20the%20middle. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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