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

Norris, who had started the race on intermediate tyres, pitted on lap two, leaving Antonelli initially leading a five-car train of Russell, Hamilton's Ferrari, Verstappen and the second Ferrari of Charles Leclerc.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

He found himself pitted against consultants who had been hired by road developers, and realized that there was no interest in discussing what evidence showed about protecting species.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

One cannot avoid squabbling, she wrote, because it constitutes “the natural state of people pitted against each other, helplessly furious people.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

It was pitted with crevices, so when the waves crashed against the wall, the water spewed out of these holes like white gulleys.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan