piling
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What has been striking about this summer is not any single record, but the way weather extremes are piling up.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
“I did some outdoor sports for about an hour and then came home and spent several hours doing every chore that had been piling up all week.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
In the microbiology lab, she prepares the stacks of samples piling up in the queue for examination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The buying spree was mirrored in Tokyo's four percent rally, with tech giant Advantest piling on 16 percent, chipmaker Kioxia 18 percent and tech investment titan SoftBank 14 percent.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
A red squirrel took the whole team off the trail into the woods, piling into deep drifts and leaving us all upside down and packed with snow.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
For outdoor adventure enthusiasts, there is also a new dock with concrete pilings, boat and jet ski lifts, and vinyl bulkhead that are situated on a 75 x 160 waterfront lot.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026
A winter storm in 2023 knocked out about 60 pilings, Elliot said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2025
The Gunas have tried to reinforce the island’s edge with rocks, pilings and coral, but seawater keeps coming.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2024
We were driving the pilings, and at that time of year, the wind was pretty stiff.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
Crews drove concrete pilings deep in the ground to support the wall.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
