pile

Example Sentences

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For anyone out there starting to have this issue, you can just ask your children how they get their taxes done and if you can add your return to their pile.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

If a serpent’s prey happens to have seeds in their cheeks, “they will disperse those seeds, acting as nature’s gardeners, pooping out the seeds in a little pile of fertilizer,” Taylor said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Even as new signs of economic strain pile up, Federal Reserve officials are sticking to an upbeat forecast for growth, and they’re pointing to artificial intelligence to explain why.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

I mean that AI now sits squarely atop the pile of modern parents’ anxieties, having rapidly eclipsed boogeymen like screen time and social media.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

“I could, but —” My words tumble out, crash into a pile.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam