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Late one night, their dad woke them up, told them to pack their bags as quickly as possible and fled with them to Reno, leaving their pet pit bull behind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

She admitted to owning the 9-month-old pit bull, “Blackey,” and that she abandoned him, police said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Near the central village of Baziafla, flanked by tall grass, the pit was excavated over several weeks with spades, pickaxes and crushers, before the miners were driven out of town by the local authorities.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Its mouth is triangular, divided into three lips, and surrounded by sensory tendrils, giving it an appearance reminiscent of a tiny marine Sarlacc pit.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

He was at the bottom of a narrow pit.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis

It pitted the “unfledged, unarmed chemist” on one side, while “on the other side, responding with enigmas, stood Matter.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

But “Secret Wars” gets its name from a couple of Marvel comic book storylines that involve various heroes being pitted against each other.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Norris drove expertly through the first stint, coolly moving through the midfield to challenge the top cars and take the lead as they pitted.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

Throughout his career, Neill pitted himself against creatures both real and imagined — or, even more often, somewhere in-between — to reveal humanity’s foibles in the face of the freakish and fantastic.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

“Two schools of thought pitted against each other, working within the same environment.”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

So there was nothing to lose by pitting again.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

The rapper, who was just 25 when he died, was a key figure in a hip-hop rivalry pitting the East Coast against the West Coast.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

A blockbuster court battle is set to open in Oakland this month, pitting Silicon Valley against attorneys for the state of California in a $1.4-trillion contest with existential stakes and potentially eye-watering payouts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

What he finds is a conflict pitting human progress, and its attenuating battle for power and domination, against nature.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

And he could not take the chance of pitting his certain ignorance against this man’s possible knowledge.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck