as in tiger
an aggressive and fiercely determined person
a pit bull who won't let anyone stand in her way to the top of the corporate ladder
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Recent Examples of pit bull
Josh Hutcherson is the proud owner of two pit bulls, Driver and Manchi (formerly named Smudge).
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Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
While pit bull or rottweiler dogs are leashed, the leash must be held by a person 16 or older.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
In Pecos, a shelter employee named Luis gave me a tour while Wright was waylaid by a man in a black pickup truck who wanted to surrender four pit bulls.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
Lake Worth police officers and animal control officers searched the area to find the suspect and the brown pit bull but were unsuccessful, police said.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Oct. 2025
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Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
While pit bull or rottweiler dogs are leashed, the leash must be held by a person 16 or older.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
In Pecos, a shelter employee named Luis gave me a tour while Wright was waylaid by a man in a black pickup truck who wanted to surrender four pit bulls.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
Lake Worth police officers and animal control officers searched the area to find the suspect and the brown pit bull but were unsuccessful, police said.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pit bull
tiger
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That’s because when high-altitude clouds of sulfur dioxide eventually form sulfuric acid, the resulting acid rain will help destroy the forests, jungles, crops, tigers, penguins, and reindeer that SAI was supposed to protect.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Nov. 2025
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As people were so fond of saying in 1982, Bruce got back to the eye of the tiger.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Pit bull.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pit%20bull. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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