piling

Example Sentences

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But the costs are “just piling on,” he added.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Gas and dust are piling up there much like snow gathering in front of a plough.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

The escalation is piling more pressure on Lebanon’s fragile government and complicating negotiations between the U.S. and Iran, which has made an end to fighting on that front one of its conditions for a deal.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

More broadly, investors have been blindly piling into space stocks due to excitement about SpaceX’s impending initial public offering.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Some unfortunate just behind him was pulled out to help hold off the onslaught which must surely come within two or three days, while the last of the BEF was piling into the boats.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan