dump
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One tagline read: “We called our lawyer, and she said you should dump him.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
She gets him within spitting distance of Downing Street just in time for her husband to dump her.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
That refers to when countries overproduce and then dump their excess goods into another nation, potentially putting the importer’s local manufacturers out of business.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Yet nobody could remember ever seeing the man in a cowboy hat before 2024, when he was spotted talking to residents about lawsuits against the local dump.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
His very first All Hallows’ Eve in Deadwood, two months after he’d been spotted in the dump.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
A Shropshire vicar played a key role in a new two-part BBC documentary featuring Welsh Hollywood actor Michael Sheen's investigation into toxic waste dumps.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
It now dumps Mr. Khan, once he can no longer be defended with a straight face, but otherwise carries on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Also included are the sites of underground gas storage facilities, refineries, fuel terminals, legacy pollution sites, active industrial sites, landfills, dumps and recycling centers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
Welcome to this weekend’s edition of the Surge, a politics newsletter that, in light of the hantavirus outbreak, sadly will be canceling all of our future vacations to rat-infested garbage dumps.
From Slate ● May 9, 2026
Carlyle smiles, and dumps some water from his bucket for me to mop up.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
Tropical Storm Lala on Saturday dumped heavy rain on Hawaii's Big Island, with hurricane-force winds and heavy surf expected.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Gowan, a former farming consultant, alleged that chemical giant Monsanto had dumped "huge amounts of industrial chemicals all around Wales".
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
He dumped his six-figure position in bitcoin in August last year and is now entirely invested in artificial intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The pressure on bonds was different from Wednesday, when investors dumped longer-term Treasurys out of concern that Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh might be reluctant to raise interest rates if inflation persists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
She dumped them outside the kitchen hut and fetched a pot of water.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Koss’s pivot reflects a broader migration across markets over the past year: individual traders and hedge funds alike dumping bitcoin and other tokens to chase AI stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Earlier this year, a prolific waste criminal was ordered to pay £1.2m in compensation for illegally dumping more than 4,000 tonnes of waste across England.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
So skip the headline about Japan dumping U.S. bonds.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
In a district with the highest poverty rate in the city, residents are concerned about issues including illegal dumping, public safety, a dearth of grocery stores and a sense of being neglected by City Hall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The only problem is that the carrot dumping became a weekly event, and it’s really not funny anymore.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
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