as in piling
to form into a pile or ridge of earth
hilled peat moss around the rosebushes to protect them from the freeze
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His recent tax cuts add to the unsustainable public debt the US is piling up, and to investor doubts our financial health over time.—
Harry Holzer,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025 -
And on Wednesday, Eagles legend Jason Kelce weighed in on the matter, piling onto the list of critics Carters has.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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Bundle Everything Bundle everything—flights, hotels and rental cars—using corporate travel apps or cards with perks, but the real savings is stacking your trips.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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These microtubules exist in a delicate equilibrium, stacking on new tubulin units for a while, then reaching a crisis and falling apart.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Sep. 2025
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Pruning 'Kaleidoscope' Abelia 'Kaleidoscope' Abelia naturally develops a low mounding crown that requires little pruning to maintain.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
26 Aug. 2025
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In a final step, the powder was mixed with a carrier liquid, in which the microparticles stayed suspended without clumping together.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Hilling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hilling. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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