"pile" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- But they filled an important gap, like early volunteers piling sandbags into a breach until the heavy equipment arrives.
- With the levee under threat this week, hundreds of residents and volunteers from all over the country have turned out to pile sandbags.
- A promenade ran along the top, and Ruth saw Council workmen piling sandbags against the brightly painted railings.
- Without a strong levee, the people here have been racing to pile sand and sandbags in front of the enroaching river.
- Lanyon pointed to their left, where half a dozen guards were piling sandbags across the corridor preparatory to sealing it with a heavy bulkhead.
- "This is a mess," one of the homeowners, Lynne Kern, said as she watched firefighters pile sandbags across her driveway, the rain falling in sheets.
- On the mosque roof, militants had piled sandbags at the base of the minarets, which they now used as steps to shoot at troops below.
- Do not pile sandbags against foundation walls to keep water out of the basement.
- State news media often portray the armed police in more benign roles - like working alongside regular soldiers to pile sandbags during last summer's record floods.
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