piles

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And they raised enormous piles of cash—sometimes in the hundreds of millions of dollars—in a way that made them seem more like tech startups than companies hawking retail consumer goods.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 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

Motorbikes are ubiquitous in Hanoi, with nearly seven million used by commuters, families or weighed down by piles of goods, and they outnumber cars roughly seven to one.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Looking for the piles of pens that once adorned Plath’s grave didn’t help; it is now blanketed in planted flowers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

From the embankment, they could see two piles of ash and large towers of smoke billowing in the wind.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega