heap
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I’d be remiss not to heap praise on the sisters Mara, who bring something to the screen that I haven’t seen in quite some time.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
Discovery shareholders by $7 million a day, so-called ticking fees that will heap more debt onto the highly leveraged transaction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
That promises to heap more pressure on an already strapped public — even if the full economic impact of higher energy prices might take a while to fully trickle down to the U.S. economy.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
That is only a fraction of the heap of self-deception we’ve been amassing these past five months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Extra clothes, books, scientific instruments and specimens, chess sets, flags, lanterns, tools, sewing kits, lucky talismans, razors, barometers, combs, scissors, playing cards, dishes, silverware, photographs—each man added to the heap.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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Along with heaps of data on shoppers and an increasingly sophisticated digital advertising network, they have a fleet of smaller contract factories that can make pretty much anything and are eager for the business.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
His Codex agent sifts through heaps of options flow data to identify big, aggressive trades, likely coming from institutional players.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
But with Bouaddi, they are paying for a player with undoubted potential rather than being the finished product, which heaps plenty of pressure on his young shoulders.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Along the roads around Izyum burnt-out shells of petrol stations have become part of the landscape, heaps of mangled, charred metal.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Magazines and old newspapers were stacked in heaps everywhere.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
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At Olympic and South Lake, where encampments line the street and a fire once spread into a church parking lot, destroying vehicles, there’s a concrete triangle that was heaped with trash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Greenspan basked in the credit for the booms that unfolded under his watch, and chafed at the blame heaped on him for the financial collapse that unfolded shortly after he left office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
On Saturday, Ukraine's foreign minister Andriy Sybiga heaped further criticism on the Russian leader.
From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 2026
Jack Grealish played his part before a season-ending foot injury, but the workload heaped on Iliman Ndiaye and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall eventually took its toll.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
“What is it?” he asked as he reached the dressing table, which was heaped high with what looked and smelled like dirty laundry.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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Price rises were "showing no signs of slowing, heaping more misery onto motorists," the group said.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
It has already led to some restrictions on commercial shipping, affecting industries from chemicals to steel-making, and heaping extra pressure on Europe's long-stagnant top economy.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
The runup in interest rates has profound consequences for the global economy, heaping pressure on everyone from home buyers to credit-card holders and especially governments, which have borrowed heavily in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
At every turn, Schoenbrun buries the movie alive, heaping layer upon layer of meta subtext onto it.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Solely to look after the Divinos and keep them from heaping misery on the other people types and giving them a pinch from time to time?
From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech
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