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
The 77th annual Emmy Awards is a pitched battle for hardware between deep-pocketed streamers and premium cable channels.
From Salon • Sep. 14, 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
Ministry wizards were flooding onto the field to separate the veela and the leprechauns, but with little success; meanwhile, the pitched battle below was nothing to the one taking place above.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
