dispose
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Finding somewhere to dispose of the trash they collect also can be difficult.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
Horan says people often employ a "man with a van" to dispose of their waste, but frequently the person hired just dumps it.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
They proved you could destroy a problematic protein by bringing a smooth protein closer to an enzyme that helps dispose of cell waste—without needing to latch on to the protein like traditional drugs do.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Collectibles, Novack noted, are hard to dispose of, too.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
“Tomorrow he’ll cut it down and dispose of it. I think he’s out celebrating tonight.”
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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Along the way, Mr. Pinsker disposes of some stubborn myths.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
Do they think there is some sort of pickup service that comes along and disposes of their carefully collected excrement?
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024
La Mariana said in addition to waste and recycling material, it takes electronic waste and disposes of it for free for residents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
Equally important, there’s no way to ignore the spectacularly difficult institutional hurdles of how society manages and disposes of its nuclear waste.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 18, 2023
Collectively, the Party owns everything in Oceania, because it controls everything and disposes of the products as it thinks fit.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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The market is currently “well disposed to the U.K.,” although that support isn’t guaranteed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
“The beach and Pacific Coast Highway were momentarily shut down while the ordnance was disposed of in place,” the post stated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
After the Second World War ended, the Allies disposed of tons of ammunition by dumping it into the ocean so it could not fall into the wrong hands.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
It requires that person to be deprived of ownership of the animal - to have it taken away - and for the animal to be disposed of.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
As we walked across the moonlight gravel to the porch he disposed of the situation in a few brisk phrases.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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At the cellular level, keeping muscles healthy requires a careful balance between producing new proteins and disposing of old or damaged ones.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
"But disposing of broken items we can't sell, unfortunately does cost the hospice money," Rowan adds.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
In Arizona, streams are mostly dry, and the state has many water-intensive mining projects, each with systems for draining stormwater and disposing of water used in minerals processing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
These conversions solved two acute problems for American cities: disposing of excess office supply and providing much-needed housing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Tons of animal manure are produced with no good way of disposing of it.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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