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Considering the draws that Big Ten teams have been awarded, three Sweet 16 teams in two years amounts to a pitiful showing.

WHERE DID THE BIG TEN’S MARCH MAGIC GO?JAKE LOURIMMARCH 24, 2022FIVETHIRTYEIGHT

Zenon’s closing grabbed me by the back of the neck and forced me to look at the pitiful part of myself that thought I could get away from this without acknowledging the many forms and faces of pain.

A REEMERGENCE SO FRAGILE A RESTAURANT CLOSURE CAN UNDO MEJAYA SAXENADECEMBER 17, 2021EATER

I think the pitiful play of the defense is the reason why the Niners lost that game and are such a disappointment this year.

WEEK 9’S WINNER: JOSH ALLEN. WEEK 9’S LOSER: JOSH ALLEN.SARA ZIEGLER (SARA.ZIEGLER@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)NOVEMBER 8, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHT

Indeed, a jumping spider might consider our 210-degree field of view rather pitiful.

JUMPING SPIDERS’ REMARKABLE SENSES CAPTURE A WORLD BEYOND OUR PERCEPTIONBETSY MASONOCTOBER 25, 2021SCIENCE NEWS

His pitiful heart deserted him at the very instant when he most needed its support.

BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUS

He has been at once the author and the audience of the pitiful, unspeakable, long-drawn and far-stretched tragedy of earthly life.

GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORD

They were about to make a fire and roast some of the flesh for dinner, when a pitiful cry was heard.

ALILA, OUR LITTLE PHILIPPINE COUSINMARY HAZELTON WADE

Tim looked at his mother and then at Eloise, whose pitiful face appealed to him strongly.

THE CROMPTONSMARY J. HOLMES

The pitiful, mean, low face and its frame of shock red hair did not appeal to Jessie.

THE WEIGHT OF THE CROWNFRED M. WHITE

The reader now knows that the pity thus bestowed upon that pitiful fox-hunting turncoat was utterly thrown away.

THE FLOATING LIGHT OF THE GOODWIN SANDSR.M. BALLANTYNE

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