dumps
Example Sentences
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Earlier this year, the BBC reported that hundreds of illegal dumps were operating across England, including at least 11 so-called "super sites" containing tens of thousands of tonnes of rubbish.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 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
Guillermo Deferrari, of Ushuaia's scientific research center, downplayed the landfill theory, explaining that the colilargo is herbivore and lives off seeds and fruit found in forested ecosystems, not in dumps, where the common rat feeds.
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
“She dumps me. The curve was longer than K-1 but shorter than K-4. That means she's going to dump me within four days.”
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
