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as in pile
a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another
an ever-growing mound of dirty laundry on the floor
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as in hill
an area of high ground
a pitcher's mound
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Recent Examples of mound
Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
Fedde gives the Sox another option on the mound as spring training begins Tuesday with the first workout for pitchers and catchers at Camelback Ranch.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026
C.w. Cameron, AJC.com, 11 Jan. 2026
So while snow drifts that mound up alongside a properly insulated house with siding shouldn't be a problem, snow against a door leading to the deck may leak.
—Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 8 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Since Crochet first took the mound for the Red Sox on Opening Day last season the 26-year-old’s life has completely changed.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
Fedde gives the Sox another option on the mound as spring training begins Tuesday with the first workout for pitchers and catchers at Camelback Ranch.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
Top each mound with a whole burrata.
—C.w. Cameron, AJC.com, 11 Jan. 2026
So while snow drifts that mound up alongside a properly insulated house with siding shouldn't be a problem, snow against a door leading to the deck may leak.
—Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 8 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mound
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Another Jefferson County circuit judge, Jessica Green, last year drew local and national criticism after granting shock probation to a 32-year-old man accused of abducting a mother and two children and stabbing the mother during a bank robbery.—
Monroe Trombly,
Louisville Courier Journal,
10 Feb. 2026
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Even with large battery banks, diesel-electric submarines eventually need to recharge.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
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Standing at the head of a moving shuttle bus like a safari guide, the circuit’s chairman points to piles of dirt.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
10 Feb. 2026
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On Amazon, the glorious inconvenience of browsing shelves or combing through piles has been eliminated.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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Beyond them, the concrete of the 21st century falls away, replaced by creamy pillars and marble paving stretching into the distance, with green hills beyond.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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At the bottom of the hill, where there will eventually be a parking lot for visitors, Goldsworthy showed us a derelict building made from pinkish sandstone.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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However, stacking many layers increases the electrical contact resistance at their interfaces, which leads to energy losses and limits overall efficiency, as per the release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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But that gauntlet is now over, and the Horned Frogs must take advantage and begin to stack wins, starting with Saturday’s game against Kansas State.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Feb. 2026
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He was jailed in Nevada City, the seat of Nevada County about an hour’s drive from Truckee on the other side of a 7,000-foot mountain pass.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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The event was put on hold for several minutes as medical professionals tended to Vonn and waited for a helicopter to carry her off the mountain.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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Although, the other aspect of Takaichi’s rise that doesn’t exactly fit into the worldwide rightward drift is her hawkishness.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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Minutes later, some drift toward nearby food stalls, where oil sizzles and hot samosas and syrupy jalebis land on paper plates.—
Ayushi Shah,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Mound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mound. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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