garbage dump
Example Sentences
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Painter and Tiltil resident Raquel Carcamo has watched her town become "Santiago's garbage dump" over the years.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
The real-life Paloma Noyola grew up living with her family in the middle of a garbage dump, where her father worked as a pepenador, a garbage collector.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2023
The community was middle class, suburban and an unlikely place for a garbage dump.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 21, 2023
In Shishmaref, the storm wiped out a road leading to the local garbage dump and sewage lagoon, creating a health hazard for a town that lacks running water.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
Word came that a new garbage dump, the Mlothi, had just opened, and many of Alexandra’s poor were going there in search of scraps of food.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
