pile
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Then scammers typically pile on pressure, adding voices claiming to be attorneys, courtroom clerks or bank tellers -- a cast of fictitious characters in a chaotic, urgent-sounding call.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Investors may rotate out of other stocks to pile into SpaceX, then do more reshuffling to make bets on OpenAI and Anthropic later this year or next.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
When a chunk fell near them, they worked it with their hands, separating it into individual globules that they tossed in a growing pile.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
The vulnerability was real, but the larger lesson was mostly missed: organizations let technical debt pile up until a deadline turns it into a crisis.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
A new pile of lumber was heaped inside, five or six lengths of good, seasoned white pine planking, appearing out of nowhere.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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