piles
Example Sentences
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The show’s minimalism extends to its set by Soutra Gilmour: two oversize piles of luggage on a turntable—conceptually clever even if it may trigger unpleasant memories of long, foot-tapping waits at airport carousels.
Most of this extra time came from having to climb up and over the seaweed piles.
From Science Daily
Masonry, metal girders and piles of sand are everywhere along the pavements.
From Barron's
When refugees from the Italian mainland first settled on the mud flats and islets here in the fifth century, they built foundations with wooden piles in the sediment.
From New York Times
“This is tough stuff,” Mr. Biden said after arriving in his motorcade, which drove past home after home that had been reduced to piles of lumber and twisted metal.
From New York Times
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