"a batch of letters"
"a deal of trouble"
"a lot of money"
"he made a mint on the stock market"
"see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"
"it must have cost plenty"
"a slew of journalists"
"a wad of money"
"The car cut to the left at the intersection"
"The motorbike veered to the right"
"the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"