heap
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The turning point came midway through the second half, when Swiss striker Breel Embolo crumpled in a heap, apparently the victim of a violent foul.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Spoon-feeding this critical bit of dialogue early in the film allows Barker to heap as much violence, trauma and tropes onto Nikki’s character as possible, under the guise of thematic callbacks.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
Behind him, a young man stepped over a heap of charred debris, taking care not to spill his latte macchiato.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
On May 4, 1945, at Gunskirchen, a Nazi prison camp in Austria, Edith was found by U.S. soldiers in a heap of people dead or dying.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Clare turned to find an especially tiny nose poking out from the trash heap.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Along the roads around Izyum burnt-out shells of petrol stations have become part of the landscape, heaps of mangled, charred metal.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Scattered along the walls of the studio were tidy heaps of scarves and mesh, rainbows of stripes, every shade of ballet pink, Uggs of every height.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
This heaps yet more pressure on the beleaguered Fifa president Gianni Infantino, and is further evidence that the revolt against him over the FFE saga is being driven by Uefa.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 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
Cuvier was already dazzling people with his genius for taking heaps of disarticulated bones and whipping them into shapely forms.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Praise was heaped on the quality of Falkirk's football.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
SpaceX’s traction among consumers and government customers with its satellite offerings has heaped pressure on companies looking to compete, prompting a wave of consolidation across the industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
On Saturday, Ukraine's foreign minister Andriy Sybiga heaped further criticism on the Russian leader.
From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 2026
Just reading the many well-wishes heaped upon Aaron from his fellow pros affirms he is a well-loved, well-respected man.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026
He heaped them all up, all the dry twigs and branches.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
Graham was, rhetorically, almost pathetically in Trump’s thrall, heaping flattery onto a president who’d once posted Graham’s phone number online for mass harassment.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
Paddling up Narragansett Bay, a kayaker spotted a strange new development between the Quidnessett Country Club and the sea: a heaping pile of rocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Little wonder then that Musk has been heaping compliments on ASML, posting on X Saturday that “ASML should be treasured. It is arguably the greatest company in Europe.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026
The other big tech spenders may be forced to follow Alphabet’s lead in selling equity as an alternative to heaping on more debt.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
All the pails and buckets were heaping full of dripping, golden honeycomb.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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