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pitting

noun as in mining

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Unfortunately, the vaccines were still months away and new variants were springing up so he resorted to his usual tactics of pitting people against each other.

From Salon

As with "Temple of Doom," his new film plays off of Quan's shorter stature, pitting him against physically more imposing fighters.

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Formula E is pitting 11 influencers against each other in 200mph cars that have a quicker acceleration rate than F1 in an effort to raise the sport's profile.

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Supreme Court will take up a dispute over grade school textbooks that include LGBTQ+ themes, pitting religious rights against individual rights.

The fire department’s need for such generosity has become a subject of debate, pitting Mayor Karen Bass against billionaire Elon Musk, drawing the fire chief and other civic leaders into the fray.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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