pitched battles

noun

plural of pitched battle
as in attacks

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  1. attacks
  2. actions
  3. fires
Noun
  • Asif said the Houthis had intensified missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia and expanded their control along Yemen's Red Sea coast.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
  • In the case of the Ratepayer Protection Act, Republicans were searching for an answer to Democratic attacks on data centers and the higher energy prices consumers fear will come from their construction.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of attacks
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  • In others, his accounts bought the debt after the federal government had executed regulatory or funding actions involving the very same borrower or project.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Within this region are two major neural pathways, known as the direct and indirect pathways, which appear to exert opposing influences over which actions are expressed.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of actions
Noun
  • The utility this weekend also de-energized lines around a brush fire that broke out Saturday, prompting evacuation orders several miles south of Lahaina town, the site of the 2023 deadly fires.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
  • But even that compression feels inadequate to the demands of the mind that would rather eliminate all the fires of today.
    — Bill Koch, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of fires
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“Pitched battles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pitched%20battles. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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