pit against
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As more women entered the genre, some were uniting on hit records such as “Ladies Night,” while others were pit against each other.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2023
The 2016 game Deus Ex: Mankind Divided was set in an apartheid society in which “Augs”—people with mechanical enhancements, such as bionic limbs or brain interfaces—were pit against those who remained “natural.”
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 15, 2019
Lee was supposed to announce the University of Virginia's home opener football game, but was switched to announce Youngstown State University pit against the University of Pittsburgh instead.
From Time ● Aug. 24, 2017
Wang is perhaps the wrong “second generation rich” to pit against, despite the growing income divide in China and what many describe as a rising “rich-hating” mentality in Chinese society.
From Forbes ● Feb. 18, 2015
For a shower of sand is being thrown up from the bottom of the pit against the ant and it is again sliding down.
From Insect Stories by Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman)
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