noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a motorway pile-up (= when several cars on a motorway crash into each other )
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a news report of a motorway pile-up on the M25
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a multiple pile-up involving a minibus and five cars
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Slick roads caused a six-car pile-up along Highway 30.
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The pile-up happened in thick fog and caused a seven-mile tailback on the motorway.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Beyond, a glimpse of carnage - the pile-up on the southbound lane resembled a scrap metal yard.
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But the sensational pile-up re-emphasised that any horse could win the National and revitalised public interest.
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In another accident two people were taken to hospital after a three-car pile-up on the A350, near Chippenham, in Wilts.
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Killed in a pile-up on the M25 on her way home from the airport.
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Later a 30-vehicle pile-up shut the M62 near Humberside.
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No wonder there were pile-ups on the autobahn.
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Or it could be just an old fashioned pile-up .
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Several people were injured in a 12-vehicle pile-up on the M25 near Wisley, Surrey.