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In the days of floor trading, those working in the pits needed to be human calculators, instantly assessing how prices fluctuated.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 26, 2026

While the amateurs pushed 40 mph on the 1/8 scale model racetrack, that Sunday morning in March, the pros waited in the pits, supergluing new treads on their tires.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2025

Kirkwood’s penalty, for hitting Callum Ilott’s car in the pits, was announced on Lap 92.

From Seattle Times May 26, 2024

“It would allow them to say, ‘Although we’re in the pits nationally, and our prime minister is not popular, where we’ve got popular politicians, we can still win elections,’” Professor Ford said.

From New York Times May 2, 2024

Then sliding out the cart’s tail board, they took armloads of clothing to the dusky water, and trod them in the pits, making a race of it.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer




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