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[pit] / pΙͺt /




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The best part of the 90-minute pit stop to charge the car to 93% besides the $21.88 price: cheap lattes and bathrooms at the Thriftway supermarket across the street.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

But he escaped a five-second penalty because one of the transgressions was when he suffered a long brake pedal caused by heat soak after his pit stop, so he was excused.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

The grounds feature a swimming pool and cold plunge, as well as a fire pit, an outdoor fireplace, and a koi pond.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

One technique involved placing birch bark inside a sealed underground pit and heating it with little or no oxygen.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

They could imagine a virtual fire pit at any random point.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

"The tyre advantage was for Charles, that he pitted six laps later," Vasseur said.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

They pitted together on lap 31, Hadjar sticking to soft tyres, and Hamilton having no choice but to move to mediums.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

In the endurance round, James’s mother, Christiane Coutant, was pitted against Alicia, who is half her age.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

But “Secret Wars” gets its name from a couple of Marvel comic book storylines that involve various heroes being pitted against each other.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

A pitted moon stands on their crests as if impaled.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Here, Szor and Abraham quietly demonstrate the lengths and risks of their allyship, pitting their relatively comfortable upbringing in Israel against their fervent quest to unlearn a propagandistic way of living.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026

It’s bad for bodies, bad for recovery, and bad for future matches when you’re pitting a player who finished at dinnertime against one who hit the hotel sheets a half day later.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

His youth is a huge talking point, as is the fact he'll be pitting his wits against some very experienced operators in the months and years ahead.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

The rapper, who died at age 25, was a key figure in a hip-hop rivalry pitting the East Coast against the West Coast.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 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


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