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Before the picture winds up in a sequence of skillfully pyramided gags, Dailey proves himself both a hero and a willing instructor in bussing�and, as moviegoers already know, an engaging song & dance man.

From Time Magazine Archive

He and a partner bought two lots for $7,000, pyramided their investment into a tidy fortune in a few years � then lost it all when the bubble burst.

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When he wasn't twanging out patter, he pyramided cigar boxes on his chin and twirled hats through the air as "Freddy James, the World's Worst Juggler."

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The best special displays are big and impossible to avoid, i.e., pyramided in the center of the aisle, thus bringing traffic to a halt.

From Time Magazine Archive

The agricultural depression, taken together with a series of failed reforms and broken political promises, had pyramided to a climax of social tensions.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander