dumping ground
Example Sentences
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There had been talk for years about turning the underappreciated Tijuana River Estuary, part of which was used as a dumping ground, into something useful.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026
That move also helps Mexico avoid becoming a dumping ground for cheap Chinese goods.
From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026
Cao, who moved to Germany about a decade ago, worries Europe is becoming a dumping ground.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
Suddenly, therapy becomes less of a place to work through her problems and more of a dumping ground for her anxieties, the only space where she’s allowed to unload without judgment.
From Salon • Oct. 24, 2025
As for the Delaware, it was a handy dumping ground for anything and everything—household and human waste, manufacturing rubbish, and debris from the hundreds of ships that visited the city every year.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
