pile up
Example Sentences
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When contradictions pile up, they are chalked up to style rather than substance.
From Salon
Its defense followed suit, with Nebraska piling up points in the paint at will.
From Los Angeles Times
The lavish presents - all clearly marked with designer labels - piled up and decorated like a Christmas tree, the expensive trips to five-star resorts around the world, the extravagant wedding parties that closed roads to traffic.
From BBC
Emojis, Disney characters, cigarettes and more pile up in humorous scenes that include a saber-toothed tiger driving a dune buggy and a pair of corvids fighting over a worm.
And yet Chinese households are still piling up cash.
From MarketWatch
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