accumulates
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The cognitive and emotional weight of it accumulates until something breaks.
From Salon • May 24, 2026
If they agree to repay you more frequently, or to pay whatever interest accumulates, get that in writing, too.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
The larger-than-life footballer died of heart failure and acute pulmonary edema -- a condition where fluid accumulates in the lungs -- two weeks after going under the knife.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
Because mtDNA accumulates changes over generations, it can be used to reconstruct detailed family lineages stretching far back in time.
From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026
He says he means to use the fat that slowly accumulates in the tin-lid for polishing his boots, and roars with laughter for half an hour at his own joke.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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