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You should not treat the $500,000 as “a standalone pile of money,” said James Mayo, a certified financial planner and principal of IronFjord Wealth Management.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
Recruiting almost exclusively among the huge and jacked — it’s easier to appear larger-than-life on camera if you’re real-world large — makes the list of heart conditions start to pile up.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
As the losses pile up, urgency is giving way to exasperation for a team with an especially challenging schedule of upcoming opponents: at Seattle, Denver, at Kansas City, at Rams, Houston, at Baltimore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Higher borrowing costs have also hit the US, the world's largest economy, which has seen its debt pile surpass $40tn.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
We landed in a pile of potatoes—mashed potatoes now—in the castle kitchen.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Mine started with garlic, red onion, sun-dried tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, fennel, olive oil, spices and an anchovy or two, all piled into a Dutch oven and roasted together.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
She and Zihan were among some 500 people - mostly Chinese diaspora - who piled into an auditorium recently in Singapore.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Investors noticed and piled in, sending Meta shares 11% higher, its largest one-day percentage gain in more than a year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
With this investment philosophy in mind Vinall has piled into Chinese stocks since 2024, with the country now representing about a third of RV Capital’s portfolio.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
His father shook with joy as he piled the table high.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
The long wait for gas turbines has everyone from tiny California startup Parallax to Elon Musk piling into the power business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Scotland's waste sector is on the verge of a crisis which could see rubbish piling up on the streets, experts have warned.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Against USC, though, the Scarlet Knights had little trouble moving up and down the field, piling up 460 yards along the way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
“With sellers piling into the market and demand falling flat, today’s house hunters can afford to be choosy,” Asad Khan, a senior economist at Redfin, said in a statement.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
In the west, I noticed dark clouds piling up across the horizon, like a distant mountain range.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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