pile up
Example Sentences
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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
In a blog post, the band's former press officer Stuart Bailie recalled telling the papers that a "pile up of snow on the venues makes it too hazardous" to play, because "a roof might collapse".
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
When contradictions pile up, they are chalked up to style rather than substance.
From Salon • Mar. 2, 2026
Despite predictions she’d pile up the bucks, Talarico raised three times as much in his first weeks of declared candidacy as Crockett did in her equivalent launch period.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
The wind was screaming now and mist blew in across the harbor and waves began to pile up on the shore.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
