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[duhmp] / dʌmp /




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The researchers compare it to approximately 40 million dump trucks' worth of matter, or about 1.3 trillion one-pound burritos every second.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

Many companies are in “low-hire, low-fire” mode, which means they aren’t eager to dump a bunch of employees, but they aren’t bringing on new workers either.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

A financial crisis in Europe led investors to dump American railway bonds, and Jay Cooke and Co. went bankrupt, a shock to Wall Street on the scale of JPMorgan failing today.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Land that borders a protected nature site is being investigated over claims it is being used as an illegal site to dump medical waste.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Everything just gets worse when I reach inside, and a million times worse when I dump everything onto the floor.

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist

While China’s technological advances—from artificial intelligence to space—have dazzled the world, much of its economy is in the dumps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Much darker and more twisty than the weepy trauma dumps “It Ends With Us” or “Reminders of Him,” “Verity” is high camp with a wink, a hair toss and just enough bite to draw blood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

People living in informal settlements built on mine waste dumps are falling ill and more "houses will crack and fall into sinkholes", he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

Three of the country's worst illegal dumps are due to be cleaned up using taxpayers' money, the government has announced.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Behind him, a woman dumps clothes from a black garbage bag into a washer.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson

It dumped 5.62 inches of rain on L.A. over three days, spawned wind gusts of up to 65 mph and resulted in 45 deaths from flooding, with an additional 48 deaths at sea.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

The video also showed the firm's laboratory at Park Works to be in poor condition, with rubbish strewn across the floor, its ceiling exposed and bin bags dumped outside.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Storms, like the nor’easter that dumped rain from North Carolina to Maine over the weekend, happen.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

In 2023, a blizzard dumped unprecedented amounts of snow, trapping people inside for days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

He dumped everything out and turned the bin upside down.

From "Wolfie & Fly" by Cary Fagan

Graffiti covered its charred facade, and it became a source of frustration for the neighborhood, attracting squatters and illegal garbage dumping.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

That storm made landfall in the same Florida region as Isaias, but remained at tropical storm strength as it moved northward, dumping record amounts of rainfall into the mountains and leading to deadly flooding.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

Investigations into who was behind the dumping are ongoing, with three arrests made in February 2025.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

"With this research, we're basically taking a major pawn out of the Ordovician Meteor Event and dumping it into the Frasnian-Famennian event, and saying, 'This is where this impact belongs,'" she said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

I threw them to the ground and tugged them all apart, dumping the pieces into a pile.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore




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