pits
Example Sentences
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The tussle over Greenland pits Nato nations Denmark and the US against one another.
From BBC
It’s there that the baleen filter feeders spend the summer gorging on tiny crustaceans from the muddy bottom of the Bering, Chuckchi and Beaufort seas, creating shallow pits or potholes in the process.
From Los Angeles Times
The new trains require upgraded maintenance pits, high-level platforms and other improvements to be maintained, reduce trip times and increase service frequencies, the report said.
Like most locals, they searched for diamonds by hand - digging pits, hauling out soil and rock, washing it through sieves and carefully sifting through thousands of tiny stones once dried.
From BBC
Charities and local activists try to remove children from the pits and place them back into school, but without reliable alternatives for income, the pits are too attractive.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
