anthill
Example Sentences
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Mayor Anatoliy Fedoruk, who likened the rebuilding to a bustling anthill, said residents are eager to close a deeply painful chapter.
From Reuters • Mar. 30, 2023
The clock says 5:30 a.m., but the parking lot of Sonora Market already has become an anthill as trucks cruise in and out disgorging farmworkers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2022
Instead he now makes bricks for sale on the edge of the family land, chipping away at a huge anthill, mixing the mud, and compacting it.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2021
A recent profile in a French news site described Mr. Onishi and others as “kicking the anthill just by naming things” that had previously gone unspoken.
From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2020
There was another anthill nearby and he copied Dandelion, sitting upright on his hind legs and looking about him.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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