pile in

verb

piled in; piling in; piles in
of a group of people, animals, etc.
: to move into a place or vehicle quickly
She parked the van and we all piled in.

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The snow pile in the parking lot Heat can behave in surprising ways. — Moones Alamooti, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026 So the investors, led by Hackman Capital Partners, Blackstone and Bain Capital, piled in to buy studio space, betting that the streaming boom and Wall Street’s collective shrug at profits would keep facilities humming. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026 Yet Germany’s meager amount of uranium ore had been divided between different piles in the project. — Mike McRae 06, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026 The elevator arrived, and Shawn, his father, and the stranger piled in. — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pile in

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“Pile in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pile%20in. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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