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Ferrari called both cars in to the pits during a virtual safety car that was called mid-race.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

The plan pits Dangote, along with economically minded Kenyan officials, against tourism operators and environmentalists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

It may or may not be a culture clash that pits your middle-class childhood against your husband’s privileged one.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

For at bottom, the case pits criminal defendants against an administrative agency at a time when many of the conservative justices have been inclined to vote for neither.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

She could see a number of cars, some up in the air on gleaming steel poles, others over pits in the ground, and still others parked here and there.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty


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