pile
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The country’s debt pile is nearly 120% of gross domestic product.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Leaving his Whitehall office one Monday evening, he swept up a pile of forms to fill in to make his secondment official.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
After the event, some of the Manhattanites peel off to attend a pool party, while the rest pile into the bus and turn back onto the Jericho Turnpike.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026
Near the iconic Place de la Republique in central Paris, broken glass and debris littered the roads, as a pile of burning bicycles belched out thick smoke.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
I tried not to watch Granda pile up the soil, digging as fast as he could, his shirt soaked, his face filthy.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
Then, the piled money into AI as machine learning promised to open the door to an even more profitable future.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
The coal waste had been piled high on the side of Mynydd Merthyr – above Aberfan – for years, even though there were numerous underground springs below.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
The spread already offers plenty of visual interest: bread piled high, bowls of herbs, cheerful wedges of citrus, golden cornbread, glossy bottles of oil and vinegar.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Investors piled into safe havens on Thursday following the tech wobbles and inflation scares.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Plans had changed, unexpected houseguests had arrived, hosts had suddenly contracted malaria, dangerous tornadoes were expected—the excuses piled on.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
While many tech firms are piling on debt for long-term AI projects, Michael Dell says just-in-time manufacturing cushions his eponymous company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Living shorelines, such as those along the Orange and San Diego county coasts, involve piling sand atop boulders or smaller stones and covering the berms with vegetation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
"When the Europeans had finished, I had this huge rest and the symptoms were just piling on. Things were getting worse and worse," Dobbin says.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
That’s according to newsletter editor Steven Jon Kaplan, who is alarmed by what he sees as investors piling into stocks without much thought.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
People were already lining up for the free food, piling their plates high.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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