mount up
Example Sentences
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The amounts are made worse because once a bailiff is involved fees mount up.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 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
He said, “If you will mount up, General, I would like to ride over in that direction—” he gestured eastward—“some little way.”
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
