How to Use pit against in a Sentence

pit against

phrasal verb

• France and the United States were pitted against each other in the Olympics during the gold medal game.
  — Tom Rende, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
• The guilds are wary of being pitted against each other.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
• But in each case, these concerns were pitted against the views of those who accept the IAEA assessment.
  — Lillian Yang, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
• Garth is no stranger to being pit against a female costar either, as Bowen pointed it out.
  — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2024
• The women say they were pitted against each other in season 5.
  — EW.com, 2 Oct. 2024
• But Beckenbauer’s team was pitted against 1860’s youth side in the final.
  — CiarÁn Fahey, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024
• Since then, the two icons have been constantly pitted against each other.
  — Goldie Chan, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
• As a result, the sun is blocked out, and humans become pitted against vampires.
  — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2025
• That proved to be a tall task in a city known for jazz, with a long roster of skillful players he’d be pitted against in auditions.
  — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2025
• In the battle round, two contestants on the same team are pitted against each other and their coach determines who sang the song best.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
• Will Johnson for Michigan has been pitted against some of the top receivers in the country, and this game will be no exception.
  — Kevin Skiver, Detroit Free Press, 8 Jan. 2024
• Grande and Erivo may also not have wanted to be pitted against each other.
  — Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
• In India, the demands of blood and soil are now pitted against the exalted idea of a more secular country.
  — Aatish Taseer, Time, 15 July 2025
• That was true for Trump in poll after poll, whether pitted against President Biden or Harris.
  — Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
• The show begins with 80 black spoons and 20 white spoons pitted against each other in an escalating series of tasks.
  — Karen Yuan, Bon Appétit, 18 Dec. 2024
• In the early aughts, the up-and-coming starlets were pitted against each other in the media, often portrayed as rivals.
  — TIME, 20 Oct. 2023
• That sparks a powder keg as neighbors are pitted against each other in this New Mexico pueblo.
  — Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
• But Booker's stand-and-speak approach, when pitted against the wait-and-see, put the spotlight on Democratic unity, rather than merely on a Trump trip-up.
  — Avery Lotz, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025
• They are pitted against tens of thousands of doctors’ practices and large hospital chains.
  — T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 12 Apr. 2025
• At nearly every open house, I was pitted against New Yorkers who, like me, had decamped from Brooklyn in search of sunlight and a place to park their cars.
  — Zoë Bernard, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
• That track, which delighted fans in its union of two artists (Carey and Grande) that have been unfairly pit against each other in the past, came complete with a glitzy music video.
  — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 18 Feb. 2024
• At nearly every open house, she was pitted against New Yorkers who, like her, had decamped from Brooklyn in search of sunlight and a place to park their cars.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
• How about two legendary movie monsters pitted against each other?
  — Johnny Loftus, EW.com, 14 Nov. 2023
• The show was frequently pitted against The Wire, which seems like an oblong comparison.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2023
• The Bengals and Steelers were pitted against each other last week in Cincinnati, where Pittsburgh picked up the road win, which moved their rival's losing streak to three straight games.
  — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 4 Dec. 2024
• The sport involves two male crickets, which are pitted against each other in a small arena to fight until one either flees or is injured/killed.
  — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
• The victims had the bad luck of being pitted against Leasure’s friends in acrimonious divorces.
  — Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
• Those two leagues are often pitted against one another.
  — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2024
• The two organizations have been pitted against one another for years, and the next chapter in the history is about to be written.
  — Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
• His career, his real identity and his mission are pitted against his heart.
  — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 15 July 2024