as in to accumulate
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
snow piling up in the driveway at a rapid pace
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as in accumulation
a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time
a pileup of e-mail messages that needed to be dealt with
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Recent Examples of pile (up)
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2026
The pileup also included past All-Star winners and series champions Blaney and Elliott, as well as Daniel Suarez, John Hunter Nemechek and Michael McDowell.
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ABC News,
17 May 2026
Apple added to the pileup on Monday by bringing its dispute with Epic Games to the justices’ emergency docket.
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Ella Lee,
The Hill,
6 May 2026
More than a decade of tackles, blocks and pileups has taken a toll on many former professional football players, something former Atlanta Falcons lineman Phil McKinnely knows all too well.
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Roni Robbins,
AJC.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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Suarez, 61, also slammed into a parked, occupied van that started a five-car pileup, police say.
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Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2026
The pileup also included past All-Star winners and series champions Blaney and Elliott, as well as Daniel Suarez, John Hunter Nemechek and Michael McDowell.
—
ABC News,
17 May 2026
Apple added to the pileup on Monday by bringing its dispute with Epic Games to the justices’ emergency docket.
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Ella Lee,
The Hill,
6 May 2026
More than a decade of tackles, blocks and pileups has taken a toll on many former professional football players, something former Atlanta Falcons lineman Phil McKinnely knows all too well.
—
Roni Robbins,
AJC.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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In Gaza City alone, around 25 million tons of debris have accumulated, Mohanna said.
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Jamestown Canyon virus accumulates genetic changes 10 to 100 times more slowly per calendar year than dengue, Rift Valley fever or chikungunya.
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Ocean heat content — a measure of heat stored through the upper layers of the ocean — has reached record highs in recent years, reflecting a long-term accumulation of heat across the global ocean.
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Ultimately, managing one's emotions is paramount for true wealth accumulation.
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Once the excitement had died down, the team gathered in a circle and a player went up to Haaland, grabbed the back of his neck and kissed his cheek.
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He was surrounded by beige pleather armchairs gathered around low tables adorned with silk flowers.
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The location is now a collection of cold storage facilities, parking lots and warehouses in Skid Row near its boundary with the Arts District.
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And cadets were on the hunt for unique pieces to add to their collections.
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Putting diseased plant material in your compost pile and using unclean or dull pruning tools also increases the risk of transmitting issues from plant to plant.
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The growing pile of credible critics is a direct challenge to that thesis.
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Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.
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Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.
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Sprinkle 5 tablespoons ice water over mixture and continue using folding motion to combine until small portion of dough holds together when squeezed in palm of your hand, adding up to 2 tablespoons remaining ice water if necessary.
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Friedland describes the ritual with the mixture of reverence and annoyance that marks many of his best observations.
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Political conventions are typically massive gatherings reserved for presidential election years, where parties formally nominate their candidates for the general election.
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See how designer Hattie Sparks Collins gave her in-laws' new build to a sunny dose of gathering-place nostalgia.
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“Pile (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pile%20%28up%29. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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