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pyramid

[pir-uh-mid] / ˈpɪr ə mɪd /


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At a store selling harmonic healing devices, I watched a man cradle a swaddled Chihuahua within a 9-foot-tall golden pyramid structure in an attempt to heal the dog’s vertigo.

From Slate Sep. 22, 2026

The solution comes to Cartman in a dream, courtesy of Aunt Jemima: the food pyramid is upside down.

From Salon Sep. 18, 2026

Bronson Cvijanovich, a former graduate student in the Department of Geology & Geophysics, noted that this is also about the same volume as the largest pyramid at Giza in Egypt.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

The next Watkins, Eze, Wharton or Semenyo may already be somewhere further down the pyramid.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

At the produce market he stacked a pyramid of oranges on the top and kept two more sackfuls in the cabinet underneath.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

The event took place near the Great Pyramid of Giza; one photo shows the couple kissing at sunset with the Sphinx and pyramids in the background.

From Salon Sep. 1, 2026

The research focused on six royal mummies originally uncovered during the 1890s at Dahshur, an Egyptian burial complex containing pyramids and shaft tombs.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

After surveying his pyramids of cans, arrayed spices and stacks of noodle soup, they issued him a 2,500-euro fine, equivalent to around $2,866.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

“Fantasy” resulted from his meditations within the pyramids of Giza and his claimed communications with aliens.

From Salon Jun. 7, 2026

She passed old vendors with leathery faces sitting under the shade of plane trees, gazing at her impassively behind pyramids of cherries and mounds of grapes.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

Such a measure, he cautioned, was not to be confused with a general sales tax because, he said, the former could not be "pyramided" and ultimately loaded upon the consumer.

From Time Magazine Archive

When he wasn't twanging out patter, he pyramided cigar boxes on his chin and twirled hats through the air as "Freddy James, the World's Worst Juggler."

From Time Magazine Archive

Among the standouts were three Alpine landscapes by Bruegel, who turned inches of paper into miles of thousands of mountainside by the application of thousands of tiny ink lines sensitively stitched and pyramided together.

From Time Magazine Archive

Meanwhile Billie Jean and Husband-Partner Larry have pyramided her skill and name into a tidy little conglomerate.

From Time Magazine Archive

The paint was stacked in neatly pyramided lots along the concrete floor.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

If the pyramiding and true risks had been understood by investors, they would not likely have parted with their money.

From Salon May 5, 2013

Some in the world of taxes would describe that as pyramiding.

From New York Times Mar. 27, 2010

They were protesting the bureau's inefficiency and its indifference to the pyramiding problems faced by Indians, especially in the cities.

From Time Magazine Archive

While that kind of pyramiding sounds ominous to some, Citicorp's Wriston contends that the chances of default by a major country are "zero."

From Time Magazine Archive

"Ah, you Americans!" laughed M. Ferraud, pyramiding his fingers.

From A Splendid Hazard by Harold MacGrath




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