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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
Jon Root Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
His enthusiasm shows on the mound and in his work ethic.
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ABC News,
18 June 2026
Gemma Johnstone,
The Spruce,
14 May 2026
Kent mounded up soil the couple bought from GreatSoil to create some elevation.
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Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2026
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They should just be focused on performing their duties as baseball players on the mound.
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Jon Root Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
His enthusiasm shows on the mound and in his work ethic.
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ABC News,
18 June 2026
Verb
Lobelia come in many colors and are the perfect companions for mounding petunias and geraniums.
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Gemma Johnstone,
The Spruce,
14 May 2026
Kent mounded up soil the couple bought from GreatSoil to create some elevation.
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Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mound
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The investment bank was less enthusiastic about gold as a hedge, noting that higher real yields and a stronger dollar have weighed on bullion prices, while gold options have become relatively expensive compared with equity and rates derivatives.
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Scott has to forfeit more than $5 million in two dozen bank accounts, two Porsches and a seven-bedroom seaside mansion in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
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Remove brush, leaf, and firewood piles that provide shelter to animals and attract fleas.
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Instead, the pile keeps growing and the mornings keep getting harder.
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From the bar of his restaurant Dorfman, pointed across the valley to a hill wherea Hezbollah flag once flew.
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Before this year, the production record was held by a 2022 Porsche 911 Turbo S that was pulled off the production line, outfitted with a roll cage and a fuel cell, and then sent up the hill at the hands of local legend David Donner in 9 minutes and 53 seconds.
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Alphabet investors had bought a capital-light cash machine, and the plan stacks equity dilution on top of more than $100 billion of debt raised over the past year, including a sterling bond round in February.
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For a few hours, New York became a small town with generations stacked on top of each other connected by a team that finished the journey.
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One of Pakistan’s top mediators flew to Tehran to persuade Iranian negotiators to reconsider and come to the talks in the Swiss mountains.
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That air should be JR’s vital collaborator — no complex and costly scaffolding for these magic mountains — is nothing new in Paris.
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Look for compact cultivars with burgundy or deep plum foliage that contrasts with the bright flowers, or a green variety covered in drifts of white blooms.
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When systems fail, drift or misinterpret context, failure must be detected, contained and corrected.
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“Mound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mound. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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