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as in pile
a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another
an ever-growing mound of dirty laundry on the floor
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as in hill
an area of high ground
a pitcher's mound
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Recent Examples of mound
Mark Degraff, The Mercury News, 14 Dec. 2024
Or soak up lessons on mentality and mound presence on flights and bus rides and so many quiet moments in the dugout?
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
Byroberto González, science.org, 25 July 2024
To get even longer stems, gradually mound soil around the stems or mulch them with straw during the growing season.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Aug. 2024
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The dirt mounds became islands where Higgins saw many animals taking refuge, and the survivors of the flood are now repopulating the site.
—Mark Degraff, The Mercury News, 14 Dec. 2024
Or soak up lessons on mentality and mound presence on flights and bus rides and so many quiet moments in the dugout?
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
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In southern Mexico, tailings mounds up to 400 years old have become part of the landscape, says Rafael del Río Salas, a geochemist at the Institute of Geology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
—Byroberto González, science.org, 25 July 2024
To get even longer stems, gradually mound soil around the stems or mulch them with straw during the growing season.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Aug. 2024
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Monday's move spares the lives of people convicted in killings, including the slayings of police and military officers, people on federal land and those involved in deadly bank robberies or drug deals, as well as the killings of guards or prisoners in federal facilities, AP reports.Mike Allen, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
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The agency claims customers across the three banks have lost more than $870 million since Zelle was launched in 2017, and has requested relief for affected customers—the amount of which would be determined in court.Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Large numbers of new people coming into the home and descending on piles of food and Christmas decorations easily trigger anxious dogs − and worst-case scenario, someone could get bit or your dog could eat something dangerous.Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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Months after Hurricane Milton tore across the state, some Central Florida residents have grown weary of piles of branches in their front yards and turned to their own festive or fiery ways to deal with them.Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
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That translates to power and speed, even going up hills.Scott Kramer, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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The Black Heritage Trail takes visitors from North Jersey to South, from the ocean to the hills, touching major cities and small towns.Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024
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Then the girls joined us and got the cabin ready for a week of living while the men concentrated on cutting and splitting firewood and stacking it in a shed beside the kitchen.Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2024
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Around 5,000 years ago, prehistoric people in what is now southern England began constructing the circular formation of massive standing and stacked boulders now known as Stonehenge.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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Sitting in ancient Cumbria—the Lake District is a mighty UNESCO World Heritage Site drawing over 18 million visitors each year, home to the largest national park in England, covering over 880 square miles of terrain with towering mountains, serene lakes, and lush forests.Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Western Siskiyou County is similarly advised, while those in the West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada mountains and Western Plumas County and Lassen Park County should also take care.Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, heavy snow and dangerous conditions are expected across the West Coast as forecasters warn the Cascades mountains in Oregon and Washington could get drifts of up to two-and-a-half feet Thursday.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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One of the emerging truths of the cosmos is that some of the same laws of slow contingency and evolutionary drift, of vertiginously changing vantage points oscillating with incremental processes, that govern our paltry lives also affect the large stuff out there.Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Mound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mound. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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