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at the bottom of the heap/pile
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at the bottom of the heap/pile
in a worse situation than anyone else in a group of people. Those at the bottom of the heap feel that society has failed them. The homeless are at the bottom of the pile with little hope of improving their situation.
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And they can do it without having to start at the bottom of the heap, as a new ringtone provider would.
The gold-laden cyanide solution is collected at the bottom of the heap, which is usually lined with plastic over a barrier such as clay.
Mexico's indigenes, who don't eat bread, are at the bottom of the heap.
 
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