pyramid
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UBS expects this trend to continue and to make the shape of the global wealth pyramid obsolete before the end of the decade.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
They barely finish before other mids start hoisting each other into a crude human pyramid.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
Soccer pyramid will only be as strong as the grassroots base supporting it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
De la Espriella also defended David Murcia, convicted of running a pyramid scheme that impoverished families across southern Colombia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
At the produce market he stacked a pyramid of oranges on the top and kept two more sackfuls in the cabinet underneath.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
Visiting international fans have rhapsodized about our hospitality and gushed over culinary miracles like ranch dressing and Philly cheesesteak while trekking to Costco like it is our version of the pyramids.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
“Fantasy” resulted from his meditations within the pyramids of Giza and his claimed communications with aliens.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
The pre-Hispanic pyramids and ruins at Teotihuacán are a Unesco World Heritage Site and among the most popular tourist attractions in the country.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
Picturesque wind instruments suddenly burst forth as if a flock of birds were flying over the pyramids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026
The rumor is that Egypt was going broke & gave the Americans the obelisk as a gift so tourists would come to Egypt & spend their money to see Egypt’s other treasures, including the pyramids.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
When he wasn't twanging out patter, he pyramided cigar boxes on his chin and twirled hats through the air as "Freddy James, the World's Worst Juggler."
From Time Magazine Archive
This epidemic pyramided public reaction to a far higher point than usual.*
From Time Magazine Archive
The best special displays are big and impossible to avoid, i.e., pyramided in the center of the aisle, thus bringing traffic to a halt.
From Time Magazine Archive
His funeral took place almost within sight of the house where he was born and of the daily on which he pyramided an empire.
From Time Magazine Archive
The paint was stacked in neatly pyramided lots along the concrete floor.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
If the pyramiding and true risks had been understood by investors, they would not likely have parted with their money.
From Salon ● May 5, 2013
Some in the world of taxes would describe that as pyramiding.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2010
Some European and U.S. bankers fear that the endless lending and relending of Eurodollar balances has already led to a dangerous pyramiding of credit.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus denuded, the conspiracy charge, to Romiti's eyes at least, seemed one of "inference pyramiding on inference."
From Time Magazine Archive
He knew instinctively the principles of "pyramiding" and "kiting."
From The Financier, a novel by Dreiser, Theodore
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