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  • present tense form of heap (3rd person singular).

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Chile imports more sulfuric acid than any other country and uses it to leach copper from huge heaps of ore.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

It’s generating heaps of free cash by focusing on pricey trucks and sport-utility vehicles.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

“It’s hell,” said a taxi driver named Pedro as he drove past heaps of garbage rotting in the streets because there is not enough gas for trash trucks.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

The soldiers of the Typhoon unit work in a basement filled with heaps of kit and cables, reached via a handmade wooden staircase.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

Their incentive was not heaps of money, but preventing Count Olaf from doing something horrible to them in order to get heaps of money.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket




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