in the pits
Example Sentences
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They opened for dealing in the pits of the Kansas City Board of Trade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
While the amateurs pushed 40 mph on the 1/8 scale model racetrack, that Sunday morning in March, the pros waited in the pits, supergluing new treads on their tires.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2025
Kirkwood’s penalty, for hitting Callum Ilott’s car in the pits, was announced on Lap 92.
From Seattle Times • May 26, 2024
Everyone is back in the pits while that is dealt with.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2024
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
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