pitting

Example Sentences

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The Bears want to move out of Chicago’s Soldier Field, and a competition to be their future home is pitting Illinois against Indiana.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

As well as being collected, the cards are used for games pitting the powers of the creatures against each other, or traded.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

As civil war reshaped the country in 1996-2006, pitting Maoist guerrillas against the monarchy, he rose through the ranks of pro-democracy student groups linked to the Nepali Congress.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Genndy Tartakovsky’s “Primal” continues his affinity for pitting his human-sized heroes against gargantuan foes.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026

After the beast fights came a mock battle, pitting six men on foot against six horsemen, the former armed with shields and longswords, the latter with Dothraki arakhs.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin