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Example Sentences
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The scheduling updates give economists and policymakers some clarity on the timing of future releases, but also underscore the massive disruptions that the shutdown heaped on the government’s statistics system.
More than two months after an embarrassing daylight heist which has heaped pressure on Louvre bosses, staff are calling for more recruitment and better maintenance of the vast complex of buildings.
From Barron's
The site of the fire is still screened off behind white plastic sheets, but in front of it are heaps of flowers and soft toys at a shrine that keeps growing.
From BBC
Shares currently fetch just 17-times future earnings for the current fiscal year—cheap for a company with a solid streaming audience and heaps of valuable intellectual property.
From Barron's
A video he took around 1 p.m. shows bulldozers and other heavy machinery scooping heaps of sediment and moving logs.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
