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hilled

verb

past tense of hill

as in piled

to form into a pile or ridge of earth hilled peat moss around the rosebushes to protect them from the freeze

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But after Annapurna moved from financing its movies to distributing them in 2017, costs rose, flops piled up, and Megan Ellison scaled back her ambitions.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2026
Her platinum blonde hair was piled high atop her head, while her makeup consisted of blue eyeshadow and a pale pink lip.

— Hannah Malach, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026

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The uniform mounded shape and purple hues of the flower spikes, along with the contrasting silvery foliage, add attractive structure and framing along the edges of paved walkways.

— Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 22 June 2026
Kent mounded up soil the couple bought from GreatSoil to create some elevation.

— Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026

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Inside, antique art hangs on walls, tamgroute (local pottery) lines small alcoves, board games are stacked inside cupboards, and coffee table books have plenty to dive into.

— Katie Silcox, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2026
Each piece is a little bit of the earth itself, molded to a shape that fits easily in the hand, baked to achieve permanence and then stacked, one atop another, to form a wall that can enclose, shelter and delight us.

— Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

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