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pileup

[pahyl-uhp] / ˈpaɪlˌʌp /
NOUN
stack
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And so there has been a pileup of ignominy referred to a busier-than-ever Ethics Committee.

From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2026

In my family, birthdays arrive in a cheerful pileup.

From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2026

A three-mile stretch of Highway 99 was closed for more than five hours Saturday after dense fog led to a massive vehicle pileup in Tulare County, about 40 miles north of Bakersfield.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2026

The advantages are obvious: The method could be used for future data storage and for fast data transmission at terahertz rates without the systems being slowed down by the pileup of heat.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2025

Carefully, without disturbing the pileup of plastic baskets, we climbed up and over the nearest register’s conveyer belt.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken


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