pile
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You should not treat the $500,000 as “a standalone pile of money,” said James Mayo, a certified financial planner and principal of IronFjord Wealth Management.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
Recruiting almost exclusively among the huge and jacked — it’s easier to appear larger-than-life on camera if you’re real-world large — makes the list of heart conditions start to pile up.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
As the losses pile up, urgency is giving way to exasperation for a team with an especially challenging schedule of upcoming opponents: at Seattle, Denver, at Kansas City, at Rams, Houston, at Baltimore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Higher borrowing costs have also hit the US, the world's largest economy, which has seen its debt pile surpass $40tn.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
I looked around, expecting there to be a big pile of explosives sitting somewhere, but all I saw was what looked like an aboveground pool about ten feet in front of us.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Adding to the volatility, hedge funds had piled into US government bonds like never before, holding 7 percent of all those in circulation at the end of 2025, though that share has since fallen.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Investors, including hedge funds, had piled into France’s government bond market, one of the world’s largest, in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Mine started with garlic, red onion, sun-dried tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, fennel, olive oil, spices and an anchovy or two, all piled into a Dutch oven and roasted together.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
She and Zihan were among some 500 people - mostly Chinese diaspora - who piled into an auditorium recently in Singapore.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
She smiled at the gold at first, and the glittering skeins piled around her feet, like a golden pool.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
The Elbasan incinerator operated for only a few months, with waste piling up without being treated.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
U.S. home sales are in a slump, and inventory has been piling up as buyers get spooked by higher borrowing costs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Calabasas coach Cary Harris likes the progress his team is making despite injuries piling up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The military is expanding, and the number of veterans to take care of is piling up, said Oleksandra Myronenko, economist at Ukraine’s Centre for Economic Strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The straw was piling up in the corners and crawling up the walls, covering the tapestries, the paintings, and the windows.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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