pit
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The highway patrol then attempted a "PIT manoeuvre", a controversial technique law enforcement use to force a fleeing vehicle to suddenly spin sideways and stop.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025
Along the way, police attempted a PIT manuever to disable the truck and eventually boxed it in, with multiple flat tires, in front of the Studio City home.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2025
According to PIT data, 9% of D.C.’s homeless population identifies as LGBT.
From Washington Times • Jul. 15, 2022
A chase ensued, and the officer used a PIT maneuver to stop the vehicle on State Road 333 near Sedillo Hill.
From Fox News • Feb. 13, 2022
Don't you know that it is very uncivil to PIT two people against one another?'
From Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by Osgood, Charles Grosvenor
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