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They opened for dealing in the pits of the Kansas City Board of Trade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

While the amateurs pushed 40 mph on the 1/8 scale model racetrack, that Sunday morning in March, the pros waited in the pits, supergluing new treads on their tires.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2025

Kirkwood’s penalty, for hitting Callum Ilott’s car in the pits, was announced on Lap 92.

From Seattle Times • May 26, 2024

“It would allow them to say, ‘Although we’re in the pits nationally, and our prime minister is not popular, where we’ve got popular politicians, we can still win elections,’” Professor Ford said.

From New York Times • May 2, 2024

In the moonlight, she looked like a corpse already, with shadows in the pits of her eyes.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee




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