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The pileups were another way gars were injuredjust the kind of thing she was trying to avoid.

Pendragon: Before the War: Book One of the Travelers D. J. MacHale 2009

The pileups were another way gars were injuredjust the kind of thing she was trying to avoid.

Pendragon: Before the War: Book One of the Travelers D. J. MacHale 2009

The Texas Transportation Institute's Mr. Lomax estimates Houston's tow truck army saves $25 million to $30 million in congestion costs and about $30 million in collisions that could have resulted from chain-reaction pileups.

American Idle: On the Road Joseph B. White 2011

Three huge walls of dust slammed into greater Phoenix in a six-week period this summer and a fourth raked the desert south of the city this month, causing three separate pileups on Interstate 10, including one fatality.

Dust Bedevils the Southwest Stephanie Simon 2011

Schwan home sales were listless for four straight years, beset by high customer churn and inventory pileups.

So, What's Your Algorithm? Dennis K. Berman 2012

But police are finding they can help with other duties, including monitoring crowds at parades, performing reconnaissance ahead of raids and helping ground officers respond more quickly to accidents such as highway pileups and hazardous-material spills.

The Law's New Eye in the Sky Ana Campoy 2011

My flight was delayed due to traffic pileups at LGA, but I got a standby seat on a different flight.

February 12th, 2010 da_lj 2010

And when duty and desire gets blended with Steele's own unique ability to say the worst possible thing at the worst possible time, you get all sorts of freaky comedic verbal pileups.

The Year In Michael Steele Mania: Why The RNC Chairman Is 'The Gift That Keeps On Giving' (VIDEO) 2010

A series of pileups on the slippery descent of the Col du Stockeu, a climb regularly used in the Liege-Bastogne-Liege classic, saw nearly every top GC rider on the deck, including Contador, Armstrong, Fränk and Andy Schleck, Cadel Evans, Bradley Wiggins and Vande Velde.

Neal Rogers: The 2010 Tour de France’s first week 2010

We watch these TV tales in the same way that we slow down for multiple-vehicle pileups on the Beltway.

The mess he made: A life-long slob decides it's time to get organized 2010