pitched battle

Example Sentences

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The leak is a blow for Anthropic because it risks both undermining its reputation for safety and also revealing valuable trade secrets in the pitched battle for enterprise customers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

But Musk’s crew was then locked in a pitched battle for control of USIP.

From Salon • Aug. 24, 2025

It has been described as the last pitched battle to be fought on British soil.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2025

In the first pitched battle of the civil war that shaped a newly independent Ireland, seven centuries of history burned.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024

The noise of battle will be furious; the Einherjar, Odin’s noble warriors, are locked in pitched battle with the evil dead, Loki’s troops.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman