dugout
noun
dug·out
ˈdəg-ˌau̇t 
1
: a boat made by hollowing out a large log
2
a
: a shelter dug in a hillside
also
: a shelter dug in the ground and roofed with sod
b
: an area in the side of a trench for quarters, storage, or protection
3
: either of two low shelters on either side of and facing a baseball diamond that contain the players' benches
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Before even being officially introduced — that would come the following morning — Snell sought out Martinez and pulled him aside for a 15-20 minute rundown in the dugout during the game that night.
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Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
Roberts sensed a mentality change in Ohtani, as well, from the moment he was greeted in the dugout that night with a shower of sunflower seeds.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Why was Ohtani seen laughing in the dugout with Mizuhara as all of this was unfolding?
—Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2024
Mahogany Indigenous peoples were the first to use mahogany for oceangoing vessels, building dugout canoes in what is now the Caribbean and Central America.
—The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
Shohei Ohtani in the dugout during the MLB Spring Training game between the Los Angeles Angels and Dodgers on Sunday at Dodger Stadium.
—Andrew Blankstein, NBC News, 25 Mar. 2024
Owner Peter Angelos of the Baltimore Orioles watches pregame festivities from the dugout before the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics 4-0 on opening day, April 4, 2005 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland.
—CBS News, 23 Mar. 2024
Ireton will also continue to serve as Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s interpreter in the dugout and on the field, with Yoshihiro Sonoda continuing as Yamamoto’s interpreter elsewhere.
—Bill Plunkett, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2024
The discovery of nine log boats — dugout canoes as long as 28 feet — buried in the muck hinted at the vast wetlands that once blanketed the region.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
Roberts sensed a mentality change in Ohtani, as well, from the moment he was greeted in the dugout that night with a shower of sunflower seeds.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Why was Ohtani seen laughing in the dugout with Mizuhara as all of this was unfolding?
—Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2024
Mahogany Indigenous peoples were the first to use mahogany for oceangoing vessels, building dugout canoes in what is now the Caribbean and Central America.
—The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
Shohei Ohtani in the dugout during the MLB Spring Training game between the Los Angeles Angels and Dodgers on Sunday at Dodger Stadium.
—Andrew Blankstein, NBC News, 25 Mar. 2024
Owner Peter Angelos of the Baltimore Orioles watches pregame festivities from the dugout before the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics 4-0 on opening day, April 4, 2005 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland.
—CBS News, 23 Mar. 2024
Ireton will also continue to serve as Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s interpreter in the dugout and on the field, with Yoshihiro Sonoda continuing as Yamamoto’s interpreter elsewhere.
—Bill Plunkett, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2024
The discovery of nine log boats — dugout canoes as long as 28 feet — buried in the muck hinted at the vast wetlands that once blanketed the region.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
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dugout
noun
dug·out
ˈdəg-ˌau̇t
1
: a boat made by hollowing out a log
2
: a shelter dug in a hillside or in the ground
3
: a low shelter facing a baseball diamond and containing the players' bench
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