heap
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Spoon-feeding this critical bit of dialogue early in the film allows Barker to heap as much violence, trauma and tropes onto Nikki’s character as possible, under the guise of thematic callbacks.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
Behind him, a young man stepped over a heap of charred debris, taking care not to spill his latte macchiato.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
Images from the scene show a mangled heap of scaffolding and concrete splaying out onto the street, covered by green safety netting.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
On May 4, 1945, at Gunskirchen, a Nazi prison camp in Austria, Edith was found by U.S. soldiers in a heap of people dead or dying.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Then she saw a glint of metal in the heap of rug fragments.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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Serving up heaps of fatty cabeza and sizzling al pastor, it grew to nearly a dozen locations spanning from Long Beach to L.A. to the Antelope Valley, drawing praise from prominent food critics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
The buildings collapsed into heaps, exposing thick layers of styrofoam that had been used as mortar between slabs of concrete.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
It’s generating heaps of free cash by focusing on pricey trucks and sport-utility vehicles.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
Galthie has a dream team but heaps of pressure, too.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
I’d rather dig in the garbage heaps with the rats for my meals.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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It was then that Tuchel may well have given the game away when he heaped praise on England's mentality but lambasted their lack of quality.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
This was certainly reinforced by the universal condemnation heaped upon then-Rep.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
On Saturday, Ukraine's foreign minister Andriy Sybiga heaped further criticism on the Russian leader.
From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 2026
Just reading the many well-wishes heaped upon Aaron from his fellow pros affirms he is a well-loved, well-respected man.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026
There, at the entrance, just barely lighted, her father’s makazins were heaped with Mama’s.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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Graham was, rhetorically, almost pathetically in Trump’s thrall, heaping flattery onto a president who’d once posted Graham’s phone number online for mass harassment.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
A new diet is sweeping through President Trump’s cabinet—and it involves heaping portions of sauerkraut.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Little wonder then that Musk has been heaping compliments on ASML, posting on X Saturday that “ASML should be treasured. It is arguably the greatest company in Europe.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026
There’s nothing like a heaping dose of geopolitics to remind investors of the risks of investing overseas.
From Barron's ● Mar. 22, 2026
She pointed to the heaping pile of straw in the corner.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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