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- noun idiomatic (
colloquial ) Atraffic accident orcollision involving multiplevehicles .
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Examples
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The Carnivores lose 85-0 in what can be described as a pile-up.
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Newforest: thanks for noticing the tomato pile-up.
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November 28th, 2009 Golfer TIGER WOODS has been left severely injured following a Friday sunrise (27Nov09) automobile pile-up in Florida.
Heard that one before: David Letterman jokes about Tiger Woods admin 2009
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Twisted craft parts, chairs as well as write poles were sparse over the pile-up site.
Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009
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Miley was not traveling with a group by a time a pile-up took place, authorities have confirmed.
Miley Cyrus Offers Heartfelt Support for Driver Killed in Tour Bus ... admin 2009
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The car of Dan Wheldon bursts into flames in the pile-up during the Las Vegas Indy 300.
British IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon dies after crash in Las Vegas 2011
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Insufficient monitoring and shoddy credit-risk analysis invariably follows, as the pile-up of bad loans after the bursting of Japan's bubble in the 1990s showed.
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Even under the present system, however, the BHA does not have complete control over the fixture list, and its spokesman, Paul Struthers, said on Tuesday that it was powerless to prevent last weekend's pile-up of high-profile fixtures that caused so much frustration to racing professionals.
Racing is facing tough times as Levy Board warns of funding cuts 2011
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Constellation has been shipping products to wholesalers at a rate faster than wholesalers can sell it to retailers, leading to a pile-up in inventory.
Constellation Brands Swings to Profit Melissa Korn 2011
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CDT, according to CAROL FEDERICO, who lives in the pile-up area.
Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009
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