garbage
Example Sentences
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She wedges garbage cans into corners to prevent flipping, and warns her guests not to leave their coats within Stella’s reach.
“The biggest issue is that we have to figure out how to stop letting so much garbage back here,” said Jeffrey Flocken, president and chief executive of the aquarium.
From Los Angeles Times
Rubbish is piled high on street corners with no fuel for the state's garbage trucks to collect it.
From BBC
The Cuban people are living under dire conditions, without electricity, with little food, with garbage piled up on the streets and without adequate medical care.
A medical doctor, Drew studied for seven years in Cuba and said friends there have told him of food scarcity, power outages and garbage strewn in the streets.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.