dumping

Example Sentences

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The same weather system that passed through Indonesia, now downgraded from a tropical storm to a depression, made landfall early on Friday morning, dumping more rain on the already-sodden region.

From Barron's

Mr. Adams has complained that border states are dumping the migrants onto him.

From Washington Times

Leaving Americans with out-of-pocket costs related to the virus is the equivalent of “dumping this back” on the public, she said, while the country remains unprepared for a future pandemic.

From New York Times

The couple, who run Tin Man Scrap in Buxton, said they had the idea for a second-hand wedding when they began to spot things they liked among the waste people were dumping.

From BBC

Bunting tried dumping the puck around the net from the right-wing boards, only to have it bounce off the knee of referee Jon McIsaac as he tried to get out of the way.

From Seattle Times