piles

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So she hiked out to just beyond the Valley of the Moon trail, where the wire winds through piles of boulders.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

That pledge unnerved rent-stabilized landlords who own buildings with piles of expensive debt that have been pushed further underwater by the rising cost of insurance, utilities and other expenses.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Others are land, often privately owned and in the countryside, which has been used to dump huge piles of rubbish.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Finally, I always linger by the discount produce section, where mesh bags of slightly bruised or cosmetically wonky fruits and vegetables wait in cheerful little piles.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

Citigroup and Merrill Lynch and others sat on huge piles of the things when the market crashed, but these were the by-product of their CDO machines.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis