as in piles
a small quantity of stones heaped together that usually marks a place
A cairn of loose stones marked the site.
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Early the next morning, out on Crotch Island, Ramos led Eglin and a few visitors down an old track littered with rusted machinery and piles of grout (the vulgate for waste rock) to an arena-size section of the quarry where the four men were already busy cutting stone.—
Nick Paumgarten,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025 -
Debris piles have replaced pews; the welcoming church has closed its doors; and the churchgoers’ mounting grief has swelled.—
Holly Yan,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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If drainage is a problem, amend soil with compost or plant on mounds or berms.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025
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Waiting for them were mounds of zucchini, yellow squash and eggplant picked from the food bank’s farm.—
Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
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The paranormal team had set out stacks of tarot cards.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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The opportunities are practically endless for this two-ball play set, which can be used as a teether, a bath toy that squirts and stacks, or as a simple squeeze toy.—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
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Nana and Ramos came with heaps of out-of-the-world victuals—Levallois chicken, the best chicken in the world (handpicked on the farm by the butcher), or a leg of Levallois lamb that was every bit as incomparable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
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The former is the owner of a New York City hotspot; the latter is a man on the run from loan sharks, with heaps of personal issues and bad debts hounding him.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Cairns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cairns. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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