dugout 1 of 2

Definition of dugoutnext

dug out

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verb

past tense of dig out
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dugout
Noun
Bauers followed with a 412-foot drive to right field on the 11th pitch of the at-bat for a 3-2 lead as most of the players in Milwaukee's dugout came onto the field to celebrate. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 DePodesta experimented by adding two free-agent veterans, Tomoyuki Sugano and Michael Lorenzen, and letting coach Alon Leichman call the pitches from the dugout. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2026
Verb
On one particular play, Jonah Savaiinaea dug out the running lane so much he could be spotted picking up, and then throwing defensive tackle Kenneth Grant a few feet away from the play. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 2 Aug. 2026 Losing to the Phillies, who’ve dug out of a poor start, matters more than losing to the Dodgers. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for dugout
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dugout
Noun
  • And in May of last year, 61-year-old Cynthia Diekema was killed after an alligator tipped her out of her canoe.
    — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Among them was a 61-year-old woman tipped out of her canoe by an alligator in 2025 and an 85-year-old widow who was dragged out of her backyard by an alligator while walking her dog in 2023.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Saxon testified that West planned to turn the luxury beachfront home, designed by prize-winning Japanese architect Tadao Ando, into an off-the-grid bunker.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Wright, in the group ahead, pulled his approach from a fairway bunker into the seaside vegetation down the left of the 18th, eventually making a double bogey.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The sisters also founded fashion accessories label Dannijo in 2008, expanding into sports with DannijoPro.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Trump posted a video Thursday night that directly called El-Sayed a member of the group, which was founded in Egypt; his administration has designated chapters as terrorist organizations.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • It got pushed back a year and the female lead changed when Rosa Salazar exited and Melissa Fumero came on.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The following season, Philadelphia exited in the National League Championship Series, and the next two years saw losses in the Division Series.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • As pheasants dart around the 13,000-acre Althorp estate, Charles Spencer carefully climbs into a small rowboat on the edge of Althorp’s historic Round Oval lake and paddles to the center island.
    — Michelle Tauber, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
  • In Sacramento, the new governor, Leland Stanford, had to be taken to his inauguration by rowboat.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Far from the safety of the Archives where Scribes record the history of Navarre and keep records, Violet walks the parapet to bond with a dragon and undertake the very dangerous and highly fatal occupation.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The persona non grata formerly known as Prince Andrew is suddenly feeling emboldened, poking his head over the parapet of Marsh Farm, a relatively modest five-bedroom farmhouse on the King’s Sandringham Estate, in Norfolk.
    — Ashley Baker, Air Mail, 10 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Debbie Zildjian, who oversees the alloy process today, learned it from her father.
    — Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Soto, the Herald learned, met with the former lawmaker in Haiti.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The defendant and others are said to have used a yacht that departed from the German port of Rostock.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Unfortunately, this future focus dwindled and largely disappeared in the following decades as key leaders departed Congress, and their successors pursued other interests.
    — John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026

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“Dugout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dugout. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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