pile up
Example Sentences
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Seve has let the detritus of life pile up around him — literally — with delivery packages and plastic-wrapped clothes overrunning his tiny Baltimore apartment.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
But if tickets pile up, violators risk getting their vehicles booted by security, leaving them the shame of having to ask a manager to call and get their tires released.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
In a blog post, the band's former press officer Stuart Bailie recalled telling the papers that a "pile up of snow on the venues makes it too hazardous" to play, because "a roof might collapse".
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
When contradictions pile up, they are chalked up to style rather than substance.
From Salon • Mar. 2, 2026
I took a big pile up to the office.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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