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pileup

[ UK /pˈa‍ɪlʌp/ ]
[ US /ˈpaɪˌɫəp/ ]
NOUN
  1. multiple collisions of vehicles

How To Use pileup In A Sentence

  • For example, if we had a multicar pileup due to people speeding in a construction zone and then pass regulations on speeding in a construction zone, this is not an example of bad regulation. Matthew Yglesias » The Sources of Regulatory Failure
  • On his brief rendition of ‘My Buddy,’ the guitarist wrangles with his instrument to create dense pileups, the impossibly fast runs leading into a similarly complex reading of ‘Gone With the Wind.’
  • She'd cause huge pileups on the playground or when her parents took her to theme parks with the rides and kids with their faces full of spun pink candy.
  • The next red carpet pileup outside the Kodak Theater may be four months away, but with the beginning of the holiday season, a tidal wave of Oscar wannabes is hitting theaters.
  • Soon everyone's in panties, the men, too, 13 dancers rolling on top of one another until they come to rest in a pileup of jumbled legs and backs. Mexican troupe's trite take on female sexuality
  • In the ensuing pileup, Carmichael broke a collarbone.
  • Had i woken up on time, I would have been caught in this traffic jam resulting from a 51 car pileup Archive 2009-01-01
  • With their pileup of evidence, the encyclopedism gives the illusion (and it is an illusion really) that all elements of a given society and culture have been covered.
  • Two of the last three weekends have seen spectacular NASCAR-style multi-player pileups.
  • There were massive pileups of luggage at its facility in Philadelphia.
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