pits

Example Sentences

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Excavations at the active pits and conservation of fossils will continue during the closure, albeit in different conditions than many fossil handlers are used to.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

The other quarter-final in their part of the draw pits Sorana Cirstea, whose impending retirement is fuelling the 36-year-old Romanian's success, against Russian eighth seed Mirra Andreeva.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

But their push pits them against Europe's biggest economy, Germany, which exports many goods like cars and factory machinery.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

The one here involves the eight pits that were unearthed 40 years ago by workers in Sanxingdui in southern China “at the foot of the Tibetan mountains,” as narrator Jay O. Sanders tells us.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

In little pits where the sun couldn’t reach there was still some gravelly snow left, but not enough to make a snowball.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell