heaps
Example Sentences
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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
Chile imports more sulfuric acid than any other country and uses it to leach copper from huge heaps of ore.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
The soldiers of the Typhoon unit work in a basement filled with heaps of kit and cables, reached via a handmade wooden staircase.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
A video he took around 1 p.m. shows bulldozers and other heavy machinery scooping heaps of sediment and moving logs.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025
Elbow macaroni with heaps of butter and salt.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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