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hilled

verb

past tense of hill

as in piled

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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Trucks have piled up at borders as Iran's trade shifts to overland.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Trucks have piled up at borders as Iran’s trade shifts to overland.

— Amir-Hussein Radjy, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026

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The uniform mounded shape and purple hues of the flower spikes, along with the contrasting silvery foliage, add attractive structure and framing along the edges of paved walkways.

— Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 22 June 2026
Kent mounded up soil the couple bought from GreatSoil to create some elevation.

— Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026

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There was a basket with lemons, each one tied with red curling ribbon, fish spices stacked, the register with all the keys covered by a silicone hood, and a pile of newspapers next to a pile of wrapping sheets.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Many people were feared trapped as a tall building collapsed Friday in Kenya’s capital, leaving a huge mound of concrete and more than a dozen floors stacked like pancakes, with little space between them.

— Evelyne Musambi, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

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Big shot before the scrimmage A highlight of the evening came early when former KU wing Perry Ellis banked in a halfcourt shot to win $10,000 for KU student Addyson Devlin.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
The white Cessna banked right to reveal dense forests of Douglas fir, pines and quaking aspen in varying shades of green bathed in the early morning light.

— Jennifer Oldham, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026

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