pit
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The highway patrol then attempted a "PIT manoeuvre", a controversial technique law enforcement use to force a fleeing vehicle to suddenly spin sideways and stop.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025
The failure to count those living in the harshest conditions could distort the distribution of local and federal funds that is geared to the point-in-time, or PIT, count, lead author Louis Abramson said.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025
Hamel said about 15% to 20% of the fish being caught have PIT tags, and one is going into every untagged fish.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2022
According to PIT data, 9% of D.C.’s homeless population identifies as LGBT.
From Washington Times • Jul. 15, 2022
Don't you know that it is very uncivil to PIT two people against one another?'
From Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by Osgood, Charles Grosvenor
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