Sentences with phrase «pitted against each other in»

As you probably know, The Hunger Games is a young adult novel in which children are pitted against each other in a violent death match, serving as a social satire...

On Saturday morning guests filed into Relish Culinary Adventures to attend the first seminar, «Tournament of the Pig,» which divided the five celebrity chefs into two teams pitting them against each other in an Iron Chef - style competition.

They're ideal to use for promotional work, but surely pitting them against each other in a race would be the thing to do.

Every World Cup there's a consensus «Group of Death» where there are 3 or 4 really strong teams all pitted against each other in the opening

We tried 16 different frozen pizzas, pitting them against each other in head - to - head matchups in order to find the absolute best.

Much of this mistrust was cultivated during French colonisation as groups were pitted against each other in divide - and - conquer fashion.

Obama has not officially endorsed another candidate to replace Paterson, but Cuomo handily beats out Paterson in every poll pitting them against each other in 2010.

After the decennial redistricting process, where a state body redraws political boundaries to accommodate for population change, her Beechhurst co-op was drawn into the same district as Sen. Tony Avella (D - Bayside), which would have pitted them against each other in a primary.

In the Assembly, Republican leader Brian Kolb of Canandaigua said two of his members would be pitted against each other in a Central New York district and an incumbent Republican and incumbent Democrat would be forced to seek the same Buffalo district.

And, for the first time ever, two women are pitted against each other in a statewide race.

The findings echo research that reported oxytocin levels were raised in teams of human volunteers when they were pitted against each other in games.

Understand how the most basic instincts of men and women pit us against each other in the world of The Polar Opposite Twins trope as used in popular culture.

Athletic frat guy, Brad, teaches 3 girls his favorite sport, soccer, then pits them against each other in a giant bubbles challenge.

gs them face to face, Caesar and the colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both of their species and the future of the planet.

The last of Shakespeare's political tragedies, the film is Ralph Fiennes» directorial debut and the talented actor will also star in the film about two men pitted against each other in the court of public opinion.

It's a gigantic brawl between the forces of Marvel and the forces of Capcom, with 56 characters to pit against each other in 3 - on - 3 battles.

As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.

This, the dehumanization of an entire group of people based on a past transgression through forced poverty and pitting them against each other in order to distract them from their real enemy, is not heady stuff, and neither is it difficult to establish a moral center within the material.

Gamers are pitted against each other in Capture the Flag and Deathmatch game modes in 12 distinct set - piece arenas.

Humphrey Bogart and Edward G. Robinson are pitted against each other in this tense adaptation of the Maxwell Anderson play.

Drinking together in a bar, they're befriended by Colin and Violet, who initially pit them against each other in simple, innocuous contests ($ 50 for whoever downs a shot first), then take them to their house and gradually up the ante in increasingly sick ways.

After a furtive glance or two in «Avengers: Age of Ultron,» the superheroic couple may be inching closer to a love connection in the new film — while also being pitted against each other in the superhero civil war.

There is also a further «Backstage Pass» for those who want to save their changes to all 300 fighters and pit them against each other in dream bouts.

12 a.m. (9 p.m.): «Key Largo» (1948, John Huston) Humphrey Bogart and Edward G. Robinson are pitted against each other in this tense adaptation of the Maxwell Anderson play.

The book starts innocently enough as the 12 contestants on a television reality show are pitted against each other in a game of endurance.

Set in rural Vermont, the story follows two young friends, Gregory and Brian, as they set off on a vacation quest that takes them through time, magical forest and underground worlds and pits them against each other in a...

With rumors that the Microsoft Surface Pro 5 and the Apple iPad Pro 2 might be launched in early 2017, the two devices are being pitted against each other in order to anticipate the best buy option between the two.

The awards are first held on continental scales after which the winners are pitted against each other in a gala event which, incidentally, is to be held in New Delhi this year and is expected to be attended by a packed delegation of VIPs, senior tourism figures and international media from more than 100 nations.

The Head 2 Head pits you against each other in a tip war, which is a lot of fun as you can set the tip amount.

Additionally, players get to play as the colorful ghosts Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde in a unique multiplayer mode that pits them against each other in a race to catch Pac - Man first.

Most multiplayer games these days pit you against each other in ferocious and bloody battles to the death.

Russian animation studio tvigle, came up with a concept of having two famous videogame stars, Pac - Man & Mario, pitted against each other in an epic battle to the death.

The game offers a character roster from all eight manga arcs that feature in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure pitting them against each other in one - on - one combat.

By using these skills to their advantage hunters can lure monsters into traps and even pit them against each other in an epic fierce battle.

Icebreakers is the latest extreme winter sport where players are pitted against each other in a gruelling match of ice sledge destruction.

In addition to dungeons and the Battle Arena, players can now discover a new PvP game mode: the Resource War is available to all players of level 30 and will pit them against each other in a continuous fight.

Developed by Arc System Works, a studio that knows a thing or two about creating fantastically strong and well - animated fighters (see BlazBlue, Guilty Gear), Persona 4: Arena collects characters from both the titular entry and Persona 3 and pits them against each other in epic battle with expectedly pretty results.

From there you build an army, raising up individual units and pitting them against each other in strategic confrontations on colorful, grid - based maps.

The Story Mode has the player follow this tournament from the point of view of one of the aliens; Free Play mode allows players to pit them against each other in any combination.

From Batman and Wonder Woman to The Flash and Superman, the roster of playable characters covers all of DC comic's all - star properties, pitting them against each other in brutal one on one battles.

At last PC gamers can play the part of their favourite pirates and pit them against others in battle to determine who is the ultimate pirate in the One Piece universe.

Not exact matches

Both «Fortnite» and «PUBG» follow the same formula of pitting 100 players against each other on an island that's shrinking in size.

Although we already have a full buying guide to the best smart speakers, we thought it'd be fun and helpful to pit the Google Home and the Amazon Echo against each other in a battle royale for the title of best smart home speaker.

For the study, published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers pitted people assigned to follow a traditional restricted - calorie diet (eating roughly 25 % of their normal daily calories) against those who were told to fast every other day (eating 25 % of their normal calories on fast days and 125 % on the other days) for a year.

While business investors would normally trust Gov. Bruce Rauner, a former private - equity executive, to veto the legislation, the industry's trade group fears the unpopular Republican may cave in an election cycle that pits him against Biss and a pack of other Democratic contenders.

Summary: Two brothers are pitted against one another in an Irish neighborhood, as one is a politician and the other a gangster.

Nearly 5 million Syrians have fled the country in a conflict that has killed more than 300,000 people and pitted multiple warring sides against each other, including jihadists who have come to dominate the insurgency in many areas.

Since then, the Trans Mountain project has pitted the NDP - led governments in Alberta and British Columbia against each other after B.C. proposed new oil spill regulations that would effectively block new oil pipelines from reaching the West Coast.

Congress extended it to January 19, but the new bill has pitted House committees against each other — people working on the Intelligence and Judiciary committees have told Business Insider they've been «stuck in FISA hell» for weeks.

Furthermore, it's difficult to pit SEO and PPC against each other as if they were the only two contestants in a pitched battle over search.