dumping ground
Example Sentences
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For years, almost any open space far enough out of sight looked like a why-not dumping ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Rhondda Cynon Taf council said it was "completely unacceptable" that some people had treated the site "as a personal dumping ground".
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 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
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
