pile up

Example Sentences

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Traders are struggling to find buyers—who have become hesitant as sanctions have piled up—particularly given the ample supply in global markets.

From The Wall Street Journal

That misconception, they say, contributes to the glut of plastic piling up in our rivers and oceans, and inside our bodies.

From Los Angeles Times

Despite predictions she’d pile up the bucks, Talarico raised three times as much in his first weeks of declared candidacy as Crockett did in her equivalent launch period.

From The Wall Street Journal

He admits the business isn't profitable yet, and the bills are piling up.

From Barron's

At a traditional market in the city's south, Nurhasanah said the garbage piling up by her coffee and snacks stand was bad for business.

From Barron's