pitted

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The original features “an all-American archetype of a virtuous family pitted against a monster,” while Scorsese depicted a “broken and dysfunctional family and the monster is even more extreme, he’s like a swamp creature.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

The case pitted McGlockton’s right to defend his family from a threatening stranger against Drejka’s right to initiate a confrontation over a parking spot and then to mete out justice according to his own whim.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026

The Ocean to Ocean Race pitted speed versus endurance in an age of undeveloped roads.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Most of that was Verstappen overtaking other cars, albeit a small number pitted out of his way on divergent strategies.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

The smallpox had left Angeline’s cheeks pitted with scars and slightly twisted Angeline’s perfect hunting bow of a dark mouth.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich