garbage

Example Sentences

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For more than a year, an uncontrolled fire had burned in the bowels of the dump, broiling old garbage and sending nauseating fumes into nearby homes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2026

Justin Gignac, an artist in New York City, collected garbage outside Madison Square Garden on the day of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2026

A New York artist picked up the garbage last Friday from city streets around Madison Square Garden, where the couple staged a glamorous event for hundreds of celebrity guests amid a global frenzy.

From Barron's • Jul. 8, 2026

Setting aside the foolish contention that one’s personal actions have no bearing on one’s capacity for political leadership, people who treat women like garbage are not the only ones with good politics.

From Slate • Jul. 8, 2026

Carlson yet, but my secret goal is to collect one thousand pounds of garbage before Mom and I go home.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy