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The latest pair of orders he signed pile pressure on pharmaceutical companies to manufacture more in the United States, while separately targeting firms that officials accuse of "artificially manipulating" metals prices.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Ayandeh was run by regime cronies, The Wall Street Journal earlier reported, and sank under a multibillion-dollar pile of bad loans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

You give them a pile of money; they give you a fixed income for life, whether you live one week or 50 years.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Seve has let the detritus of life pile up around him — literally — with delivery packages and plastic-wrapped clothes overrunning his tiny Baltimore apartment.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

I wished I could do something for Martha for being so kind to me—spin her a spool of gold, or a pile of it—but for all her kindness, she hadn’t made me any bargains.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff