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the pits

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hell, hell on earth, hellhole, snake pit, the pits, infernonoun

    any place of pain and turmoil

    "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";

Wiktionary

  1. the pitsnoun

    Something miserable or unpleasant.

ChatGPT

  1. the pits

    "The pits" is an informal phrase used predominantly in American English to describe a situation, person, or place that is extremely unpleasant or the worst possible of its kind. It is often used in the context of negative feelings or experiences.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of the pits in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of the pits in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of the pits in a Sentence

  1. Dan Brewer:

    My first role was to go around bases and assess the problem. And it was huge, i mean, with burn pits. Hazardous waste, improper hazardous waste, I mean, the wastewater issues. We had asbestos issues, you name it.

  2. General Petraeus:

    We did raise concerns about this at the time. It was pretty clear that the fumes from these burn pits were potentially serious in their effects over time.

  3. Tyler Horvath:

    About 16 of the more than 200 pits are probably collapsed lava tubes.

  4. President Biden:

    We must end this uncivil war that pits red against blue, rural versus urban, conservative versus liberal.

  5. John Spencer:

    Whether these features are craters produced by impactors, sublimation pits, collapse pits, or something entirely different, is being debated in our science team.

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