as in piles
a quantity of wood heaped together for burning a dead body
a funeral pyre
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Due to a nationwide internet shutdown it's been difficult to get information from the ground, but videos circulated by rights groups show piles of corpses and young protesters with bullet wounds.—
Kate Bartlett,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025 -
On the other, the ability for bad actors to exploit those ballooning piles of data has grown in tandem.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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During 15 years working across various tech stacks and companies, this has been the most straightforward, underrated, and powerful way to regain my excitement at work.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
6 Nov. 2025
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Wiedenfels assured the Street that the CNN app draws on the company’s existing technology stacks with limited incremental operating costs.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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The estate offers year-round recreation, from sledding down the hills in winter to swimming, fishing, and golfing in the summer.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
3 Nov. 2025
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The winery’s rolling hills grow various varietals, including Sauvignon Blanc, Petit Manseng, Merlot and Cabernet Franc.—
Crystal Tate,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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But the mandates also help colleges shovel heaps of bureaucratic muck—validating data for accreditation, carrying out enrollment, flagging troubled students, aggregating metrics of all kinds.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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Williams took a new job in a new county in Georgia, sold his dream house, and packed up heaps of his Thomas memorabilia and left it in the middle of the floor.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Pyres.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pyres. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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