mount up
Example Sentences
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The original judge said: "The mass of inconsistencies in all three accounts mount up to paint a wholly unreliable and inconsistent picture and one which as a result must be considered to lack credibility."
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2024
As capital punishment’s problems mount up, governors in states like Alabama, Arizona, Ohio, Oregon, and Tennessee have commuted death sentences, stopped executions entirely, and/or launched investigations into the death penalty system.
From Slate • Feb. 2, 2023
LACMA’s loss and the Huntington’s gain mount up.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2022
By mid-December the number of dead cranes began to mount up and avian flu was identified as the cause.
From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2021
The money in the shoebox began to mount up.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
