piles
Example Sentences
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Parts of the walls were blown away, leaving piles of bricks, large concrete slabs and furniture strewn across the floor.
From BBC
It led to piles of uncollected waste in the streets and Health Secretary Wes Streeting saying he was concerned for public health.
From BBC
Putting giant piles of money to work smartly might turn out to be easy by comparison.
Finding the money and personnel to maintain 800,000 troops and piles of equipment while devising new capabilities will be among the Ukrainian government’s hardest tasks in the immediate aftermath of the war.
In Bengaluru - often called India's Silicon Valley for its many IT companies and start-up headquarters - there were public outbursts from citizens and billionaire entrepreneurs alike, fed up with its traffic snarls and garbage piles.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.