pit
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With a band laboring in the pit, the stage became a dance floor.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
On a typical sportsbook, bettors are up against the proverbial “house,” which sets the odds, whereas prediction markets pit traders against one another.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
And in motorsports, few things illustrate that story better than the evolution of the pit crew.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
Mr. Kshatriya describes the moon as a pit stop on “the great odyssey to Mars”—and then “to the asteroid belt and to the Jovian moons.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
The man, Joseph Stewart, long-legged at six foot five, decided to leap from the first row across the orchestra pit to the stage.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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