heaps
Example Sentences
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“It’s hell,” said a taxi driver named Pedro as he drove past heaps of garbage rotting in the streets because there is not enough gas for trash trucks.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026
His wife Jean died in 2009 at the age of 62, decades after she was exposed to asbestos when walking past heaps of the material resembling "the white cliffs of Dover" as a child.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026
To prepare for the first service since the disaster, the church had to remove towering heaps of mud that had been washed inside.
From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025
It also heaps green industrial-policy mandates on the rest of the auto supply chain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
Most of my clothing was on the floor in dirty heaps.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
