as in accumulated
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
snow piling up in the driveway at a rapid pace
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Each team is allotted seven picks, one in each round, but Carolina’s management dealt down for shares and accumulated an astonishing 13 selections.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2026 -
Grasp the branch behind where snow has accumulated and shake it in a side-to-side motion.—
Barbara Gillette,
The Spruce,
31 Jan. 2026
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Just outside Minneapolis, hundreds gathered in the frigid cold early Friday at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, the site of regular protests in recent weeks.—
KIMBERLEE KRUESI,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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Dosunmu gathered the ball and passed it this time to Coby White, who launched his own counter.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Piled (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piled%20%28up%29. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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