pile
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The contracts—known as perps—let traders bet around the clock and pile on leverage that amplifies their potential gains and losses, with the lack of expiration date further heightening the risks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
It asks very little of you beyond something delicious to pile in the middle and the confidence to fold the edges inward without worrying too much about symmetry.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Instead of watching the pile dwindle each month, they could focus on the guaranteed amount deposited into their bank account each month.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
The government has officially begun reducing the debt pile of a Surrey local authority.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
She snorts as I pile hay into her stall.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
AFP journalists saw families arriving in pickup trucks piled with blankets and other belongings, setting up shelters in scrubland exposed to the sun and heat.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
New California coach Tosh Lupoi piled on some more Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Shares of Lumentum have climbed 553% over the past year, and shares of Coherent have gained 204%, as investors have piled into the networking trade.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Stearns piled relentless pressure on the Briton's serve, eventually breaking in the eighth game.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
A giant number of individual loans got piled up into a tower.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
The military is expanding, and the number of veterans to take care of is piling up, said Oleksandra Myronenko, economist at Ukraine’s Centre for Economic Strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Investors were piling into the chip designer after its CFO said that artificial-intelligence demand will drive a total market for AMD’s products to around $3 trillion in 2030.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
The evidence had been piling up for years before I finally admitted that I had a type.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
And, if the wins keep piling up, San Dimas might need to put a fence around his classroom so no one steals him away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
The wind howled around each mound and hillock and floe, piling up enormous drifts of snow.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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