heaps
Example Sentences
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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
It’s generating heaps of free cash by focusing on pricey trucks and sport-utility vehicles.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
“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
And suddenly it was all there—the roomful of mocking men, the heaps of clothing, Betsie’s pain-blanched face.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
