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as in erecting
to fix in an upright position
needed help pitching a tent
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as in plunging
to cast oneself head first into deep water
when a wave hit the float, I lost my balance and pitched into the lake
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as in rocking
to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions
the ship pitched in the choppy sea
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as in throwing
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
pitched the baseball almost 50 feet
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as in dumping
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
we decided to pitch that whole system and start over again
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as in promoting
to provide publicity for
the cutting-edge ad agency was hired to pitch our products to a younger generation of consumers
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as in tilting
to set or cause to be at an angle
the roof should be pitched steeply enough to prevent an excessive accumulation of snow
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Recent Examples of pitching
McKinney was Double-A Binghamton’s pitching coach last season and thus owns deeper histories with many of the Mets’ younger arms.
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Tim Britton, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
The Yankees had to learn as well, testing to see if Headrick could handle multiple innings of work, pitching on back-to-back days, and other usage patterns.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
Last Friday, the United States government denied visas to eight members of Cuba’s World Baseball Classic delegation, including the president and general secretary of the Cuban Baseball and Softball Federation and the team’s pitching coach.
—Tyler Carmona, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
An injury sustained while pitching for Team USA would be catastrophic for Skubal’s bottom line and the Tigers’ World Series aspirations.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
Anthony finished 1 for 3 with the homer and a walk, and Whitlock slammed the door in the top of the ninth, pitching a scoreless inning with one hit and two strikeouts.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
Senior Shae Johnson, the 2024 pitcher of the year in the NSC, returns to the circle after not pitching last season due to a torn labrum.
—Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
Go back to the very origins of Savannah pitching an alliance with her, Ozzy, Rick, and Joe.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
Dodgers right-hander Tyler Glasnow made his second start of Cactus League play, pitching into the third inning of Wednesday’s game against Team Mexico.
—Jack Vita, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
Tim Britton, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
The Yankees had to learn as well, testing to see if Headrick could handle multiple innings of work, pitching on back-to-back days, and other usage patterns.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
Last Friday, the United States government denied visas to eight members of Cuba’s World Baseball Classic delegation, including the president and general secretary of the Cuban Baseball and Softball Federation and the team’s pitching coach.
—Tyler Carmona, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
An injury sustained while pitching for Team USA would be catastrophic for Skubal’s bottom line and the Tigers’ World Series aspirations.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
Anthony finished 1 for 3 with the homer and a walk, and Whitlock slammed the door in the top of the ninth, pitching a scoreless inning with one hit and two strikeouts.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
Senior Shae Johnson, the 2024 pitcher of the year in the NSC, returns to the circle after not pitching last season due to a torn labrum.
—Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
Go back to the very origins of Savannah pitching an alliance with her, Ozzy, Rick, and Joe.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
Dodgers right-hander Tyler Glasnow made his second start of Cactus League play, pitching into the third inning of Wednesday’s game against Team Mexico.
—Jack Vita, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pitching
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At the same time, Anthropic and Amodei may now have a bully pulpit to push their agenda for erecting sturdier guardrails around how AI operates.—
Michael Liedtke,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2026
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Some lawmakers view Trump’s order skeptically at best, noting the administration has been removing guardrails, and preventing others from erecting them, to an extreme degree.—
Darius Tahir,
Miami Herald,
23 Feb. 2026
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At the waist − and the base of a plunging neckline − is a constellation of orange, pink and deep purple jewels.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Oil had suddenly skyrocketed to just shy of $120 a barrel and stock futures were plunging as the war raged in the Middle East.—
Denitsa Tsekova,
Bloomberg,
10 Mar. 2026
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Graham kept the pops of color going in another snap, rocking a pink denim romper with oversize tortoiseshell shades.—
Staff Author,
InStyle,
5 Mar. 2026
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The earlier‑referenced Quest returns from its world cruise in July for Northern Europe and Canada/New England sailings — still rocking that new bow-to-stern makeover.—
David Dickstein,
Oc Register,
4 Mar. 2026
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He is shut down from throwing for a couple of weeks, is scheduled to be reevaluated in two weeks and then start plyos at the end of March.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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True enough, and that’s because lawmakers have insisted on throwing money at problems by burdening Californians with some of the highest taxes in the country.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
8 Mar. 2026
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For decades the Fayetteville production site of Chemours, a DuPont spinoff, has been dumping GenX into the river.—
Patrick Sisson,
Scientific American,
9 Mar. 2026
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The Dolphins reached an agreement with Willis a few hours after dumping Tagovailoa — who later agreed to a one-year deal with the Atlanta Falcons — and incurring a record $99 million hit on their salary cap.—
Schuyler Dixon,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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But ever since Ticketmaster and Live Nation merged in 2010, the companies have been accused of promoting anticompetitive behaviors.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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One Russian dancer posted a video of someone removing a Marty Supreme poster to reveal a poster promoting a performance of Swan Lake.—
Chloe Angyal,
Time,
9 Mar. 2026
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Much of that confidence and urgency showed up right away with Hingham tilting the ice for an 18-3 shots on goal advantage in the first period.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
1 Mar. 2026
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Thursday’s election was in a diverse area that has traditional working-class neighborhoods — once strongly Labour, now tilting toward Reform — as well as large numbers of university students and Muslim residents.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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There are dangers that the entire global supply chain could be upended, raising costs for businesses and their customers.—
Vanessa Yurkevich,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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Many young people in China complain that the cost of raising children is too high and that job prospects are too low.—
Janis Mackey Frayer,
NBC news,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Pitching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pitching. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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