garbage

Example Sentences

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It is now swept by local and nationwide blackouts, a failing electrical grid, food shortages, rationing, shrinking services—famously, limited garbage collection.

From The Wall Street Journal

But as we would find out, our smog — photochemical smog — made the air taste like poison and look like something you’d put out with the garbage.

From Los Angeles Times

Most ominously, the “airborne garbage” we were breathing was exacting a price on everyone’s health.

From Los Angeles Times

Hospitals are unable to perform surgeries, food is spoiling, garbage is everywhere because there is no fuel for the government trucks to pick it up.

From Salon

In addition to daily outages, fuel prices have soared, public transport has become rare and trash is piling up as garbage trucks are no longer running.

From Barron's