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[duhmp] / dʌmp /




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It is expected to dump rain on Taiwan's north and east, and on a chain of remote Japanese islands, before making landfall in south-eastern China on Saturday.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Bavi is expected to dump up to a metre of rain, raising concerns about potential flooding and landslides.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

You only set up an IPO like this to enable insiders to dump their stakes.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

As for stocks, he said the market seems to be saying that it wants to dump anything that looks like an AI loser, along with some “babies with the bathwater,” and it doesn’t care.

From MarketWatch Jun. 24, 2026

As Clare made his way to the dump, the haze was so thick, one would not even know he passed but for the whiny wheel on his worn-out wagon.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Look: Down in the dumps, she’s a blur, she’s a pain, she’s Supergirl.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

Also included are the sites of underground gas storage facilities, refineries, fuel terminals, legacy pollution sites, active industrial sites, landfills, dumps and recycling centers.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2026

Welcome to this weekend’s edition of the Surge, a politics newsletter that, in light of the hantavirus outbreak, sadly will be canceling all of our future vacations to rat-infested garbage dumps.

From Slate May 9, 2026

The Environment Agency, which is responsible for dealing with the largest and most hazardous waste dumps, said it dealt with 98 incidents last year.

From BBC Apr. 27, 2026

Lorena dumps the hot chips we bought at the corner store into a big bowl and squeezes lime juice over them until they’re completely drenched.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez

It's a fixture fraught with passion and rivalry - falling 40 years after Diego Maradona almost single-handedly dumped England out in the quarter-final stage in Mexico.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

Some were dumped in Togo without documents, while others, including a bisexual Gambian man, were sent home, according to US court filings.

From Barron's Jul. 7, 2026

Last month, investors broadly dumped software stocks as they poured money into semiconductor plays.

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

The movie ends with Zuckerberg alone at a computer, refreshing the Facebook page of the woman who dumped him and waiting for her to accept his friend request.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

“They dumped us off. They lifted one end of the bench—real high—so you and me slid off, onto the ground.”

From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli

Investors are dumping shares of the best-performing stocks — mainly semiconductor names — and shifting their money into financials, healthcare and consumer staples.

From MarketWatch Jul. 8, 2026

This is the result of an unregulated open dumping system that has become widespread in Indonesia.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

"By reusing plastic waste that is already in Hawaii, we can reduce the environmental and economic impacts of transporting waste plastics from the islands, incinerating it or dumping it in Hawaii's overflowing landfills."

From Science Daily Jun. 28, 2026

Experts say dumping in the desert has always been a problem, but the law made it worse by making it more expensive and difficult to deal with.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

He turns it upside down, dumping everything out.

From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt




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