piles

Example Sentences

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Looking for the piles of pens that once adorned Plath’s grave didn’t help; it is now blanketed in planted flowers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

BIRMINGHAM, England—The neighborhood around Harris Hussein’s barbershop in this once thriving industrial city is marked by potholes and strewn with piles of uncollected trash.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

As for Apollo, the alternative asset manager raised piles of fresh capital, grew its fees, and upped its dividend in the March quarter.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Together, the two airlines said, they would pose a better foil to the giants United, American, and Delta, which had formed over the decades through their own big piles of mergers and acquisitions.

From Slate • May 5, 2026

My shoes were stained green, I couldn’t smell anything but fresh-cut grass, and I dreamed about endless lawns and enormous piles of clippings.

From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen