pitching
Americannoun
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pitchings
plural
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the act of revetting or paving with small stones.
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stones so used.
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Origin of pitching
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And after seeing many young pitchers, some still in their teens, undergo the surgery named for him, he spoke out against arm overuse, recommending less than year-round pitching by young arms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
At the same time as he is strengthening Flock's safeguards, he is pitching his company's products as crucial to combatting crime and improving policing in the US.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Advisers are pitching bonds and other investments, but many prefer to keep cash in money-market funds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Many advisers are pitching alternatives, including corporate bonds, municipal bonds and more exotic offerings such as buffer exchange-traded funds and private credit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Whether she was running, talking, or pitching, she did everything double time.
From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon
It was just one succession of rollings and pitchings from the time we left New Bedford till we got sight of the coast of Portugal.
From A Red Wallflower by Susan Warner
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