heap

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This game began, appropriately enough, with Angela Dugalic blocking Aston Judd’s shot and then glaring at her as the Longhorn lay in a heap.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

It means that this visit is happening against a heap of background noise.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Some crafty artifice and a heap of negative space aren’t enough to fill the void left by a complete lack of narrative sense.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

In 2022, a 30-metre-high garbage heap at a landfill in West Java's Cipayung triggered a landslide that entered a river, submerging a bridge to the neighbouring village.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

I run behind him and grab on to his arms, pulling him backward, and backward, and backward again—until we both fall onto each other in a heap.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender