dump

Example Sentences

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“Do the opposite: If they pump it, short it. If they dump it, go long,” Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said in a post on X.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

The two localities, home to about 40,000 people, decided to take radical action around 25 years ago after predictions that their communal rubbish dump would be full by 2004.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

The three sites identified for clearance include a notorious dump in Bickershaw, near Wigan, which caught fire last summer, forcing schools nearby to close.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

"If you dump rubbish on our streets, you will be joining a clean-up squad and picking up the bill, not the taxpayer," said Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

The same dude is working at the register and gives us a look when we dump the candy on the counter.

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