dumping
Example Sentences
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A prolific waste criminal has been ordered to pay £1.2m in compensation for illegally dumping more than 4,000 tonnes of waste across England.
From BBC
As early as last Wednesday, meteorologists were forecasting a lengthy blizzard dumping five feet of snow over several days beginning on Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times
If they use tax losses to enhance returns, investors tend to get interested in dumping their losers late in the year.
"Every single day, there's always someone dumping trash," the 19-year-old shop attendant said.
From Barron's
There had been talk for years about turning the underappreciated Tijuana River Estuary, part of which was used as a dumping ground, into something useful.
From Los Angeles Times
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