pit against

Example Sentences

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As more women entered the genre, some were uniting on hit records such as “Ladies Night,” while others were pit against each other.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2023

The 2016 game Deus Ex: Mankind Divided was set in an apartheid society in which “Augs”—people with mechanical enhancements, such as bionic limbs or brain interfaces—were pit against those who remained “natural.”

From The New Yorker • Mar. 15, 2019

Lee was supposed to announce the University of Virginia's home opener football game, but was switched to announce Youngstown State University pit against the University of Pittsburgh instead.

From Time • Aug. 24, 2017

Wang is perhaps the wrong “second generation rich” to pit against, despite the growing income divide in China and what many describe as a rising “rich-hating” mentality in Chinese society.

From Forbes • Feb. 18, 2015

When he forsook the Whig camp there was no opponent to pit against him, for neither Addison with his delicate humour, nor Steele with his brightness and versatility, could grapple with an enemy like this.

From The Age of Pope (1700-1744) by Dennis, John