pitch
Example Sentences
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Plus, the retro pitch driving baseball players crazy, Italy’s World Cup exit, and Jason Gay.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
The splitter had been the defining pitch of the 1980s and the trend continued into the 1990s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
In Anaheim, John Carpino tossed the first pitch, even with popular alumni such as Torii Hunter and Tim Salmon in the house.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
David Beckham is an example of this in the early 2000s, but more recently, Kylian Mbappé, Marcus Rashford and Jude Bellingham have all attended Paris Fashion Week shows when off the pitch.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
It was pitch dark and I couldn’t see where I was going.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.