garbage disposal

Example Sentences

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Japan’s garbage disposal laws meant they had to hire a licensed company to throw it out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

“When we turned on the garbage disposal, he ran upstairs and hid for three hours,” Longnecker said.

From Seattle Times • May 12, 2024

"But if the garbage disposal gets overwhelmed -- somebody puts too many potato peels in there -- then the cell experiences ER stress."

From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2024

This garbage disposal occurs during sleep, so to to investigate the force behind the cleaning, they looked at the brains of sleeping mice.

From Salon • Feb. 29, 2024

“Yeah,” Joaquin said, then turned on the garbage disposal.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway