dumps

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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

Federal Court judge Stephen Burley described how four large open-pit mines, a railway, tailings dam, waste dumps and a stockpile were strewn across the lands of the Yindjibarndi people in Western Australia's Pilbara region.

From Barron's • May 12, 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

There are also signs that hiring for other tech jobs, particularly in software engineering, aren’t down in the dumps.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

He dumps his paper plate into the trash and starts heading out of the restaurant without looking back.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi