heap

The widespread mockery heaped upon him was justified by his appearance, his unhinged rhetorical flights and the theatrical atmosphere he deliberately created around himself.

“We have microbial communities that are adapted for a bunch of different conditions, but the big power is that we’re continuously monitoring the heap and adjusting our microbes as part of that,” Dennett said.

From a distance, these piles look like heaps of regular garbage bags.

I prayed that their entire turning machine would collapse in a heap.

The other 20 percent, bearing lower credit ratings, generally were more difficult to sell, but they could, incredibly, simply be piled up in yet another heap and reprocessed yet again, into more triple-A bonds.