pit
Example Sentences
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Aggie Currie: "The very first picket line I went on was Harworth pit. Believe it or not, I didn't swear before the strike - but I soon picked the language up."
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2024
“It’s low. It’s a bottomless pit. There is no end to it.”
From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2020
“So they said to pit. So without thinking I came in with full confidence that the others had done the same.”
From New York Times • May 24, 2015
But they had picked a dead cock in the pit. as Mr. Baruch could have told them.
From Time Magazine Archive
“No, I mean Edward. Dead Edward. The one whom everyone thinks drowned in a tar pit. The one who has changed his appearance and now goes by the name of Judge Quinzy.”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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