Example Sentences
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Chile imports more sulfuric acid than any other country and uses it to leach copper from huge heaps of ore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
“It’s hell,” said a taxi driver named Pedro as he drove past heaps of garbage rotting in the streets because there is not enough gas for trash trucks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2026
His wife Jean died in 2009 at the age of 62, decades after she was exposed to asbestos when walking past heaps of the material resembling "the white cliffs of Dover" as a child.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026
The site of the fire is still screened off behind white plastic sheets, but in front of it are heaps of flowers and soft toys at a shrine that keeps growing.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026
She made her way through the trash heaps and then caught her breath when she reached the Tower wall.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
