pits
Example Sentences
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The plan pits Dangote, along with economically minded Kenyan officials, against tourism operators and environmentalists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
It may or may not be a culture clash that pits your middle-class childhood against your husband’s privileged one.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
For at bottom, the case pits criminal defendants against an administrative agency at a time when many of the conservative justices have been inclined to vote for neither.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
Over that time, the authorities have dismantled 8,500 illegal pits.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
The gasping pits and poisonous mounds grew hideously clear.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
