pits

Example Sentences

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I mean, the idea that we need to build new plutonium pits, meaning new triggers for nuclear weapons, is utterly ridiculous.

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026

Morocco on June 13 pits the 2022 semifinalists against the World Cup’s most successful team.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

The Lancashire pits that George Orwell once wrote about in the Road to Wigan Pier have long closed, with warehouses and logistics hubs replacing them.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

In spring 2019, the team excavated nine 1×1m test pits at the site.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

Mr. Patterson explained how his father and three hundred other quarrymen went on strike days before the stock market crash in 1929, never to return to work in the pits again.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen