pile
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After five months of Ashes post-mortem, this had all the ingredients to heap more misery on to England, and to pile more pressure on the management of Rob Key, Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
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
The size of your cash pile is not horrible, but there may be room for adjustment.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 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
In a corner near the hearth, there was a little bed made of a pile of straw and two blankets woven with blue.and-green wool.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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