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[duhmp] / dʌmp /




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Firefighters have been tackling a blaze at a suspected illegal waste dump close to the River Mersey in Greater Manchester.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Their customers are oil-and-gas producers that pay for the right to build roads, drill wells and dump toxic water that is produced alongside the oil they bring to the surface.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

She gets him within spitting distance of Downing Street just in time for her husband to dump her.

From Salon Jul. 26, 2026

That refers to when countries overproduce and then dump their excess goods into another nation, potentially putting the importer’s local manufacturers out of business.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

My aunt doesn’t need to know I was picturing a smelly dump by a highway exit.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

So did I, in contemplation of all the gadgets, guest appearances and exposition dumps the film’s screenwriters, Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, mistake for a compelling story.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

He has seen the classic early 2000s photo dumps on Facebook and thinks "people are romanticising the anonymity of it, as much as the aesthetic".

From BBC Jul. 18, 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 weather lady says it’s a lake-effect storm—the wind from Canada sucks up water from Lake Ontario, runs it through the freeze machine, and dumps it on Syracuse.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Tropical Storm Lala on Saturday dumped heavy rain on Hawaii's Big Island, with hurricane-force winds and heavy surf expected.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

It dumped stocks to raise cash before seeking out a buyer who could take down the bulk of its portfolio in one fell swoop.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Retail traders dumped tech shares in recent days, analysts say, as did highflying AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

As we talked, it turned out that Weston, who is now based in Wiltshire, grew up in a village near Broughton in Hampshire, where the animals were dumped outside the shop.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

So he dumped the water out of their canteens.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

There is just no need for people to be dumping waste like this, in this day and age.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

So skip the headline about Japan dumping U.S. bonds.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

In a district with the highest poverty rate in the city, residents are concerned about issues including illegal dumping, public safety, a dearth of grocery stores and a sense of being neglected by City Hall.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Around 700 firefighters have been battling the flames on land, while several firefighting planes have been dumping water from the sky since the blaze erupted around midday on Wednesday.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

“We can’t keep dumping garbage out there,” I said.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls




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