as in piles
a quantity of wood heaped together for burning a dead body
a funeral pyre
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Work piles up, but conversations distract for attention.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025 -
Leaves are perfect additions for worm bins and compost piles.—
Erica Browne Grivas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Oct. 2025
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Lyra’s world has a cozy, Miyazaki, my-favorite-things feeling, with its narrow lanes, gleaming clockwork, teetering stacks of books, crashing thunderstorms, and, oh God, those brown-paper packages tied up with string!—
Lev Grossman,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2025
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Its open door, facing the dwelling, revealed stacks of wood inside.—
Ingfei Chen,
New Yorker,
22 Oct. 2025
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Within the eyewall, total structural failure is likely, especially in higher elevation areas where wind speeds atop and on the windward sides of hills and mountains could be up to 30 percent stronger.—
MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT,
Miami Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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Founded in 1982, The property features 18 rooms, seven cabins, a spa, dining porch and wine cellar on 250 acres perched on a nearly mile-high ridgeline with mist-shrouded, forever views of the rolling hills.—
Suzanne Wright,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 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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Many returned to their homes over the weekend, only to find them under heaps of rubble.—
Ruth Margalit,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Pyres.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pyres. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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