pits

Example Sentences

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“It appears the issue is with Harvard’s professors inflating grades. Limiting the A’s does not reward the work, it pits students against each to compete for them.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

They got tighter and crisper, as reflected in the reactions at their frenzied live shows, where fans flying through the crowd and the hurricane swirl of their mosh pits are commonplace.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

In Las Vegas, although F1 is the promoter and built the location from scratch, it was decided to devote the entire structure above the pits to the Paddock Club for corporate guests, to maximise income.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

The legal clash in a courtroom across the bay from San Francisco pits the world's richest person against a startup Musk once backed and now competes with in the booming AI sector.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Sometimes there are landmarks along the way to doom and destruction, seemingly innocent paths along which we merrily tread, smiling as we go, into the pits of Deepest Hell.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers