dirtiest
Example Sentences
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For the 10th consecutive year, the area around the Santa Monica Pier was named one of California’s dirtiest beaches by researchers with the environmental nonprofit Heal the Bay.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Rising natural-gas prices boost the dirtiest fossil fuel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
Coal is relatively inexpensive to produce but is the dirtiest fossil fuel, releasing considerable particulate air pollution, sulfur dioxide and mercury, and nearly twice the planet-warming carbon dioxide as natural gas.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
It ranges from the greenest to the dirtiest, from established technologies to speculative ones, and even includes companies that play tangential roles in the sector.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
Once, it happened to Nick, who is the dirtiest kid in school, not very big, red hair.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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