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01. There is a [stack] of newspapers in the hall that need to be recycled.
02. I have [stacks] of homework assignments to mark this weekend.
03. The American Olympic basketball team is [stacked] with professional players from the NBA.
04. The cat knocked over a [stack] of books when it jumped up onto the shelf.
05. Just [stack] those boxes over there by the door.
06. The basement was [stacked] with stolen electronic equipment.
07. We could see the chimney [stack] towering above the trees from miles away.
08. We could see the flame at the top of the [stack] that towered above the refinery.
09. We [stacked] the firewood in the shed so it would stay dry throughout the winter.
10. The boxes in the warehouse were [stacked] about 10 feet high.
11. I had a [stack] of mail to go through at work after getting back from my holidays.
12. We [stacked] all the boxes in the living room of our new apartment and then went out to get something to eat.
13. Black smoke from the chimney [stacks] drifted across the blue sky.
14. To save a typical tree, a [stack] of newspapers about 5 feet high must be recycled.
15. It would take 11 Empire State Buildings, [stacked] one on top of the other, to measure the Gulf of Mexico at its deepest point.

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