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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
San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2024
While a return to above-average production isn't guaranteed, Bieber may not even be ready to take a big-league mound again until next summer.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
Jessica Leigh Hester, The Atlantic, 31 July 2024
Seventeen pitches after jogging onto the Camden Yards mound for the first time, Domínguez joined his new teammates in the dugout.
—Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2024
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Almost time to see nature’s spectacular displays of color
Padres minors: Matt Waldron back on El Paso’s mound; Tyson Neighbors settling in with Storm
Proposition 35 would stabilize health care, helping millions
What will cost more if local sales tax hikes get approved?
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2024
While a return to above-average production isn't guaranteed, Bieber may not even be ready to take a big-league mound again until next summer.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
Verb
Downstream, where almost 1 million pounds of sewage entered the water each day, the water was reportedly sluggish and black; debris mounded into mud shoals that resisted dredging, as the historian Donald Reid has noted.
—Jessica Leigh Hester, The Atlantic, 31 July 2024
Seventeen pitches after jogging onto the Camden Yards mound for the first time, Domínguez joined his new teammates in the dugout.
—Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mound
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That biopharma companies and banks would handle personal data today in the same way platforms like Meta or Snapchat might have a decade ago.Gregory Francis, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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The sanctions have hit Russia's energy sector, banks, major businesses, markets and the world's largest diamond mining company.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Black widows and brown widows are usually found in wood piles, garages, around mailboxes, and in areas of the home that aren’t commonly cleaned.Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2024
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The chief suspect in the killing of Brian Thompson appears to have dumped something on a pile of trash bags before shooting the UnitedHealthcare chief executive in New York, footage obtained by Newsweek shows.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Mojave Desert’s gold rush sparks a mini real estate boom Apparently there’s still gold in them hills.Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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Given the lack of economic opportunities in the area at the time, Ryan left home after high school, working at a ski hill and then in construction before enrolling in a tourism program at university.Sofia Perez, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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A couple of years ago the NFL’s TV Gnomes, with visions of Aaron Rodgers dancing in their skulls, stacked the primetime deck with Jets games.Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
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Cases of Jim Beam brand bourbon sit stacked in the warehouse at Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits LLC distribution center in Louisville, Kentucky, on Sept. 28, 2018.Dan Mangan, CNBC, 12 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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The mountains of the West, parts of Michigan and New York, along with interior northern New England likely have enough snow on the ground now that at least an inch of it will stick around through Christmas Day.Mary Gilbert, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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But especially in the short term, Trump’s policies toward the region are likely to be highly disruptive—and could risk pushing key Latin American countries further away from Washington rather than reversing the drift of recent years.Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
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Saxophones, synths, and fretless bass drift in weightless formation.Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Mound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mound. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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