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In these homes, effluence from toilets and showers flows through drains into a pit in a yard instead of into a sewer line and to a central wastewater treatment plant.

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Will the American people stumble into political and societal effluence as they did in 2016 by "electing" a fascist authoritarian, or will they instead choose to take the first steps toward rehabilitating their democracy?

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So many words, words upon words, the effluence of the dialogue being the show’s draw, as well as one of its drawbacks.

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The combined effluence of 400-plus Antarctic lakes no doubt exerts a significant influence on the Southern Ocean’s chemistry and biology.

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Fishing helps me see the river, the local reservoirs, the lake in Echo Park, as vital parts of the city’s environment, not just incidental products of urban effluence.

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