mount up
Example Sentences
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In the meantime, the annual service charge of £9,700, ground rent of £435 and council tax of £1,044 mount up as unpaid debt.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026
As capital punishment’s problems mount up, governors in states like Alabama, Arizona, Ohio, Oregon, and Tennessee have commuted death sentences, stopped executions entirely, and/or launched investigations into the death penalty system.
From Slate • Feb. 2, 2023
LACMA’s loss and the Huntington’s gain mount up.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2022
By mid-December the number of dead cranes began to mount up and avian flu was identified as the cause.
From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2021
No trumpets blew to rouse the men to mount up, form column, prepare to march.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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