pile
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There is not a huge pile of spare cash to draw on but he has regulatory powers in this area and he is freeing up some money by scrapping digital ID.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Flipping through them three decades on, she realized what made dELiA*s and its ilk so different from the other mail-order catalogs that materialized every few months in her family’s mail pile like L.L.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
How is a pile of poop sitting out for two weeks and then getting on the food?
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
Mixed into a pile of 20 rounded pebbles, the crystals were selected within seconds.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
We carted it away in barrowloads to a pile in the corner of the garden.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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Meanwhile, insurers piled into other, equally risky, flavors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The couple also sourced period Moorish floral and geometric tile patterns from books, now piled in their library.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Bruesewitz piled on, telling Carlson that Fine “has tweeted some ugly things, really ugly things,” and he promoted Fine’s primary challenger, celebrity gambler Dan Bilzerian.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
Pakistan piled up 556 batting first on a flat surface but the visitors were unfazed, the batters putting behind nearly two days in the dirt to rack up countless records.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
After she was reasonably assured that Laura had brought enough clothing and other items and would take an Uber home if she needed a nap, they all piled into the spaceship car.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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And they continued to rise Tuesday, piling on more than one percent.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Investors are piling into the hardware providers supplying the AI build-out, rather than the megacap companies shelling out billions to execute it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
While they still seem to be piling into leveraged exchange-traded funds, trading on margin and in options is beginning to slow.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
The lack of fuel has paralysed large sectors of the economy, including rubbish collection, leading to piles of garbage piling up in city streets.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
You couldn't lift a three-ton vehicle unless you adjusted gravity, and how could you survive piling through a building unless you were able to manipulate energy?
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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