pileups

plural of pileup

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pileups The moves come as 311 has received nearly 3,000 complaints related to dog waste citywide so far this year, including a significant spike after the lengthy, lingering snow pileups this winter. — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 The huge animals knocked bodies to the cobblestones, and stumbling runners caused several pileups during the two-and-a-half-minute run from the pen to the bull ring where bullfighters will kill the bulls later in the day. — ABC News, 11 July 2026 The huge animals knocked down bodies to the cobblestones, and stumbling runners caused several pileups during the 2½-minute run from the pen to the bullring where bullfighters would kill the bulls later in the day. — Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026 Rideshare vehicles, commercial trucks, and multi-car pileups bring in extra insurance layers and additional parties that complicate everything. — Kaitlyn Gomez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2026 As recent South Florida pileups have shown, disputes over who started a wreck can become the entire legal fight when a 51% fault-finding means the difference between compensation and walking away empty-handed. — Matthew Kayser, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026 More than a decade of tackles, blocks and pileups has taken a toll on many former professional football players, something former Atlanta Falcons lineman Phil McKinnely knows all too well. — Roni Robbins, AJC.com, 21 Apr. 2026 The shortage of agents has caused massive pileups at security checkpoints. — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026 Spring wind events can produce sudden dust storms that reduce visibility to near zero, leading to deadly highway pileups. — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pileups
Noun
  • Additional snow accumulations of 2 to 6 inches with 8 to 10 inches along the highest mountain peaks.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Some people experienced them as a purely optical means of aesthetic transport; others found in them tactile accumulations of crust, carnage, and debris.
    — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • There’s joy, there’s music, there’s magically regenerating food, trees that flower and fruit at the same time, piles of treasure, crystals that rain from the sky, everlasting happiness and health.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Discreet ‘yes’, ‘no’, ‘maybe’ piles of pictures appear on the floor, to be reviewed by Grimes and Gallici later.
    — Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.
    — Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.
    — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The system uses algorithms and neural networks to find the most suitable metal mixtures and processing methods.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
  • At the cold-hold unit, tomato mixtures temped at 50 degrees for approximately one hour.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The incumbent senator accused his critics of lying about the controversy before acknowledging that his office sent patients with unpaid bills to collections.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
  • In addition to editing, Chan designed 10 collections for the Glamour x Lane Bryant collaboration.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Plan low-key gatherings like a cozy dinner or weekend hike to stay socially connected, and try mindfulness practices such as meditation or deep breathing.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Central Florida has been overtaken by frightening fiends and ghoulish gatherings on front lawns of suburban homes as Halloween fast approaches.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

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“Pileups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pileups. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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