The visible conflict now pits the nationalist Palestinian youths against the soldiers who represent the Israeli occupation, would-be state against state.

The major conflicts that arose in planning the park pitted him against those who wanted to restore what they called a natural order.

This conflict pitted the lakes states against those next to the Mississippi River.

Those bloody conflicts pitted protesters in the gentrifying Lower East Side, where hipster bars abutted housing projects, against the police.

This conflict pitted the forces of the old order against those inspired by the French Revolution and the Rights of Man.

The conflict has pitted Arab nomads and herders against settled black African farmers.

In this case, the conflict does not pit a duly elected legislative against a power-greedy chief executive.

Many African conflicts pit one tribe or community against another.

The conflict has pitted these two groups against each other, though it wasn't always like that.

The conflict pitted proponents of professionalism, based on business management principles, against proponents favoring more local control in the hands of laymen and political appointees.