Her parents 'piled on' the pressure to do well in school. [=her parents put a lot of pressure on her to do well in school]
The chair was 'piled with' clothes. [=there was a pile of clothes on the chair]
He is 'at the bottom of the pile' but should get a promotion soon.
(..) This isn't our fight. If it weren't for him, none of us would be here. All of you would be meat in the Night King's army. And I'd be a pile of charred bones just like Mance. Remember Mance's camp? It stretched all the way to the horizon. And look at us now. Look what's left of us. (..)2016 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: The Broken Man Season: 6 Episode 7