pile
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The company is sitting on a cash pile of about $366 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Earlier on Wednesday, AFP footage showed the building reduced to an immense pile of shattered concrete, towering over a team of rescuers in high-visibility vests conducting a desperate search.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Like a lot of you, I love Michael J. Fox, and I’m just going to leave that here, with a pile of soaked-through tissues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
In the age of busyness, it’s easy to worry that even a moment wasted could transform into a pile of stress, and money lost.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
Just as we walked out of our fields into the thick timber of the bottoms, a big fat swamp rabbit popped out of a brush pile and tore down a game trail.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Flowers piled up in front of the embassy on Grosvenor Square.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Foreign companies piled into China and shifted more manufacturing to this lower-cost locale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The trash has piled up and the trinkets he has collected for their garden are gone — a bleak reminder of his absence, said Halley Albert, 30, a neighbor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
"It was very crowded because passengers from the morning flights had piled up, while those scheduled for later departures still didn't know what would happen," the 46-year-old told BBC Indonesian.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Me and J.W. piled out of one side of the wagon, Tansy and Lloyd the other.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
U.S. home sales are in a slump, and inventory has been piling up as buyers get spooked by higher borrowing costs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Calabasas coach Cary Harris likes the progress his team is making despite injuries piling up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Investors were piling into the chip designer after its CFO said that artificial-intelligence demand will drive a total market for AMD’s products to around $3 trillion in 2030.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
The earth is dry and barren - heaps of rubbish are piling up throughout the neighbourhood.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
He digs for several minutes, neatly piling dirt beside the hole, then leans the shovel on a tree.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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