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We are in such polarized times and this is one of the reasons I walked away from the fake news media because I realized that the media is a big part of it, pitting people against one another. You guys want us like this? And I believe that Americans and Arizonans are much more aligned on the issues than you lead us to believe. – Kari Lake	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
It would be almost as though the law clerks, as a group, would be sort of pitting themselves against the court as an institution and that would undermine internal trust to an even greater degree. – Laurence Tribe	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It should not be an ad hoc reactionary response that creates inequities that are predictable among social and economic lines, instead, it feels as if the district’s approach was more focused on eroding the trust we’ve worked so hard to develop by pitting schools, principals, parents, and staff against each other than on actually providing safety and support for students and communities. – Chicago Principals Administrators Association	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The uncomfortable exchanges in the movie sparked mixed feelings by hitting a sore spot in society and pitting the rich against the poor. – Kim Chang-hwan	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
This idea that only one woman can exist in a space is something that's institutionalized, we wouldn't have this pitting of women against each other if there were multitudes of slots for women to be parts of these spaces. – Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I am not pitting one against the other, i am just saying that he [Johnson] would be a great Prime Minister. I think he’s got what it takes. – Donald Trump	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Well I am not pitting one against the other, i am just saying that he would be a great prime minister. I think he’s got what it takes. – President Trump	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Well I am not pitting one against the other, i am just saying that Boris Johnson would be Boris Johnson. I think Boris Johnson’s got what it takes. – Donald Trump	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
You can have an endless number of mediocre and less than mediocre male rappers and they're not pitted against each other in that way, [But] there's this pitting of women against each other that happens. And this singularity that we've come to expect that is deeply rooted in the patriarchy of society, which is manifested in hip-hop as well. – Treva Lindsey	Found on CNN 6 years ago
His campaign is as divisive as any we have seen in our lifetimes, it is built on stoking mistrust and pitting American against American. It's there in everything he says and everything he promises to do as president. – Democrat Hillary Clinton	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
I'm tired of being divided against each other for political reasons like this President's done, always pitting people against each other. Always. Look at today: He gave a speech at a mosque. Oh, you know, basically implying that America is discriminating against Muslims. – Marco Rubio	Found on CNN 8 years ago
They are taking an approach of pitting the individuals against the corporations. – Ellen Podgor	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I'm not going to get into what it was, but let's just say I don't think they had any intentions for us to have a good experience doing that show. Pitting two females against each other wasn't cool. – Mariah Carey	Found on CNN 8 years ago
To me, that was clearly a dereliction of duty, pitting Americans against each other solely based on race. – George Zimmerman	Found on CNN 9 years ago

We are in such polarized times and this is one of the reasons I walked away from the fake news media because I realized that the media is a big part of it, pitting people against one another. You guys want us like this? And I believe that Americans and Arizonans are much more aligned on the issues than you lead us to believe.

– Kari Lake

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It would be almost as though the law clerks, as a group, would be sort of pitting themselves against the court as an institution and that would undermine internal trust to an even greater degree.

– Laurence Tribe

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It should not be an ad hoc reactionary response that creates inequities that are predictable among social and economic lines, instead, it feels as if the district’s approach was more focused on eroding the trust we’ve worked so hard to develop by pitting schools, principals, parents, and staff against each other than on actually providing safety and support for students and communities.

– Chicago Principals Administrators Association

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The uncomfortable exchanges in the movie sparked mixed feelings by hitting a sore spot in society and pitting the rich against the poor.

– Kim Chang-hwan

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

This idea that only one woman can exist in a space is something that's institutionalized, we wouldn't have this pitting of women against each other if there were multitudes of slots for women to be parts of these spaces.

– Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I am not pitting one against the other, i am just saying that he [Johnson] would be a great Prime Minister. I think he’s got what it takes.

– Donald Trump

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Well I am not pitting one against the other, i am just saying that he would be a great prime minister. I think he’s got what it takes.

– President Trump

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Well I am not pitting one against the other, i am just saying that Boris Johnson would be Boris Johnson. I think Boris Johnson’s got what it takes.

– Donald Trump

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

You can have an endless number of mediocre and less than mediocre male rappers and they're not pitted against each other in that way, [But] there's this pitting of women against each other that happens. And this singularity that we've come to expect that is deeply rooted in the patriarchy of society, which is manifested in hip-hop as well.

– Treva Lindsey

Found on CNN
6 years ago

His campaign is as divisive as any we have seen in our lifetimes, it is built on stoking mistrust and pitting American against American. It's there in everything he says and everything he promises to do as president.

– Democrat Hillary Clinton

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I'm tired of being divided against each other for political reasons like this President's done, always pitting people against each other. Always. Look at today: He gave a speech at a mosque. Oh, you know, basically implying that America is discriminating against Muslims.

– Marco Rubio

Found on CNN
8 years ago

They are taking an approach of pitting the individuals against the corporations.

– Ellen Podgor

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I'm not going to get into what it was, but let's just say I don't think they had any intentions for us to have a good experience doing that show. Pitting two females against each other wasn't cool.

– Mariah Carey

Found on CNN
8 years ago

To me, that was clearly a dereliction of duty, pitting Americans against each other solely based on race.

– George Zimmerman

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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