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Now, their remaining posessions include a teacup, some paperwork and a few items of burnt clothing left from a pile of ironing in the kitchen.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

The dancers pile atop one another and let the sand in their hands fall as if they are crumbling sculptures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

The company also got started spending its cash pile, bringing its cash holdings down by $31.9 billion to $365.5 billion.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

A nation can have less fire overall but still impressive blazes: The same decades of aggressive firefighting that drove total burned area down also let fuel pile up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

He untied everything from his belt and laid it in a pile on the ground.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Shares of Unitree Robotics soared in their Shanghai trading debut as investors piled into the first humanoid-robotics company to be listed in mainland China.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

Everyone else piled into their cars, thinking Courtney had ridden with someone else, but she had gone to her room to find something.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Long queues of people could be seen evacuating towns on foot, by motorbike and car, some piled into the back of pickup trucks.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

Barbecue flatbread arrives piled with chicken, cheese, and sauce, as though California Pizza Kitchen had taken up Spanish.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

Betsie had done my hair that morning, laboring for an hour with the curling iron until it was piled high on my head—and so far, for a wonder, it had stayed.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

While plenty of investors are piling into technology stocks, sharp market swings mean the bets don't always pay off, with prices often moving on every major headline.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

“I did some outdoor sports for about an hour and then came home and spent several hours doing every chore that had been piling up all week.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Ultimately it’s better for the environment if clothes get a new life through a preloved section, rather than piling up in a landfill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The buying spree was mirrored in Tokyo's four percent rally, with tech giant Advantest piling on 16 percent, chipmaker Kioxia 18 percent and tech investment titan SoftBank 14 percent.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

Some evenings, Mami let me sit on Don Pedro’s boat, which was tied to a piling between our house and Doña Andrea’s.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago