pit
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Vasseur said: "We asked them to pit. Charles pitted. Lewis didn't want to pit because he... I don't know why."
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
The grounds feature a swimming pool and cold plunge, as well as a fire pit, an outdoor fireplace, and a koi pond.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
One technique involved placing birch bark inside a sealed underground pit and heating it with little or no oxygen.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
The sound, the look, the swagger: The three steps that vaulted Anne Rice’s seductive bloodsucker from ‘Interview With the Vampire’ to the top of the mosh pit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Remembered the strange roving eyes, the uneasiness in the pit of my stomach that was more than fever.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Mercedes pitted in the hope of trying to beat Leclerc.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
In the endurance round, James’s mother, Christiane Coutant, was pitted against Alicia, who is half her age.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
But “Secret Wars” gets its name from a couple of Marvel comic book storylines that involve various heroes being pitted against each other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The artificiality of all this, however, has pitted him against traditionalists who believe in the ocean's ability to self-heal.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
The boulder was pitted and chipped with bullet marks.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
So there was nothing to lose by pitting again.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Every game pitting McVay against friend/mentor/nemesis Shanahan is full of subplots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
It’s bad for bodies, bad for recovery, and bad for future matches when you’re pitting a player who finished at dinnertime against one who hit the hotel sheets a half day later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The rapper, who was just 25 when he died, was a key figure in a hip-hop rivalry pitting the East Coast against the West Coast.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
In the regional academic decathlon, a contest pitting teams of students from various local schools against each other, Odessa High had won four straight times.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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