garbage

Example Sentences

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The plan is to prevent hundreds of tons of garbage from getting to the ocean.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

More than a dozen neighborhoods in the capital city of Havana erupted in protests Wednesday night, with residents banging pots and burning garbage amid rising anger over dayslong blackouts and deteriorating living conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Chile generates an average of 1.1 kilograms of garbage per person per day and recycles just 0.8 percent, according to the environment ministry.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Dylan would have to probably work hard to write such bland and pointless garbage.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

Beyond the sticky-sweet mounds of garbage, plumes of sharp-smelling smoke rose into the sky: bonfires from the human village, signaling the start of All Hallows’ Eve.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman