pile in
phrasal 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.
Examples of pile in in a Sentence
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Corpses were piled in parks and hospitals throughout Mashhad.
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Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
The images, circulated on social media this week and geolocated by NBC News, show more than 200 bodies piled in the makeshift morgue outside the capital, machine guns fired at crowds, and clashes in cities from Urmia in the northwest to Isfahan in the heart of the country.
—Marin Scott, NBC news, 14 Jan. 2026
More than two dozen dogs were found deceased in a large pile in plastic bags in the backyard of a home in the Beauregard community of Lee County, Ala.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
Those giant snow piles in some parking lots won't be going anywhere anytime soon, but most of the snow is gone from your yard.
—Ron Smiley, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
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Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
The images, circulated on social media this week and geolocated by NBC News, show more than 200 bodies piled in the makeshift morgue outside the capital, machine guns fired at crowds, and clashes in cities from Urmia in the northwest to Isfahan in the heart of the country.
—Marin Scott, NBC news, 14 Jan. 2026
More than two dozen dogs were found deceased in a large pile in plastic bags in the backyard of a home in the Beauregard community of Lee County, Ala.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
Those giant snow piles in some parking lots won't be going anywhere anytime soon, but most of the snow is gone from your yard.
—Ron Smiley, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Pile in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pile%20in. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
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