contaminates
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Like when I would talk to people, they would raise concerns about how the demolition contaminates the ground around them.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026
In Italy if one resident contaminates the wrong bin, the whole block can expect a fine, she explains.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
Cobalt extraction creates hazardous working conditions and generates toxic waste that contaminates land, air, and water surrounding the mines.
From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024
The district attorney’s letter noted that “new documentable scientific consensus emerged in 2020 that a witness’s memory for a suspect should be tested only once, as even the test itself contaminates the witness’s memory.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023
The use of imperfectly sterilized milk, or dirty utensils soon contaminates it; overripening is likely to injure the flavor.
From Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying by Hastings, Edwin George
