pileup

Example Sentences

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In my family, birthdays arrive in a cheerful pileup.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2026

A three-mile stretch of Highway 99 was closed for more than five hours Saturday after dense fog led to a massive vehicle pileup in Tulare County, about 40 miles north of Bakersfield.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2026

A main reason his residence has survived his fluctuations in fame is that it was conceived as an indivisible work, not just a pileup of expensive objects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

The advantages are obvious: The method could be used for future data storage and for fast data transmission at terahertz rates without the systems being slowed down by the pileup of heat.

From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2025

I wondered who was covering for him as I wove my way through the pileup and toward the store, hoping my cap would keep me invisible—I felt like a ghost anyway.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth