stack up

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Here is how the rupture stacks up against past shocks.

From The Wall Street Journal

But a new tournament will show how they stack up against USA’s flag football squad.

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But the endgame remains elusive—and the obstacles keep stacking up.

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Moreover, at the point where it should be winding down, it instead stacks up an ungainly pile of endings; I would have cut maybe 20 minutes.

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High in the sky, thin white clouds were stacking up like petals.

From Literature