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- noun Plural form of
pile-up .
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Examples
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Since its inception in 1973, the race around Marcus Garvey Park has been an amalgam of block-party culture, cyclists of all ages and bike pile-ups.
Harlem Bike Race Is About More Than Pile-Ups Amara Grautski 2011
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So it's probably not posing at all – rather standard holiday-read pile-ups, and probably just as tragic in its own way
Trudie, the big issue is that you have six homes | Barbara Ellen 2011
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But Harlem Skyscraper Classic promoter John Eustice, who participated in the first race when he was 17 years old, would like to prevent the pile-ups during Sunday's event, which includes professionals and amateurs and runs from noon to 6 p.m.
Harlem Bike Race Is About More Than Pile-Ups Amara Grautski 2011
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But Harlem Skyscraper Classic promoter John Eustice, who participated in the first race when he was 17 years old, would like to prevent the pile-ups during Sunday's event, which includes professionals and amateurs and runs from noon to 6 p.m.
Harlem Bike Race Is About More Than Pile-Ups Amara Grautski 2011
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Since its inception in 1973, the race around Marcus Garvey Park has been an amalgam of block-party culture, cyclists of all ages and bike pile-ups.
Harlem Bike Race Is About More Than Pile-Ups Amara Grautski 2011
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The course at Rainier High School featured a monster off-camber grass section that triggered several pile-ups, each of which was marked by a clash of cymbals struck by a spectator positioned strategically on the course.
Chris Sheppard, Wendy Williams win Cross Crusade No.2 in Rainier 2010
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To inhabit this place we call Europe is to see nations wheeled in on trolleys from a series of pile-ups.
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And the court staff and clerks, who might previously have provided pointers away from the worst pile-ups, are being cut back as well.
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England frayed most at the edges: the border towns, the rural pile-ups.
Ballardian » Ballardian/Savoy Microfiction competition winners 2010
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Caribbean Airlines (CAL) has been informed by the relevant authorities that there will be limited disruptions to its scheduled operations during the Fifth Summit of the Americas … CAL is recommending that passengers depart for the airport much earlier than usual, in the event that any traffic pile-ups occur, in order to arrive at the airport three hours ahead of their scheduled flight departure time.
Global Voices in English » Caribbean: 5th Summit Begins 2009
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