garbage

Example Sentences

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Another created an animated video, geared to a Latino audience, showing Angelenos lining the streets to cheer as Pratt wheels a garbage can piled with trash and the incumbent mayor.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 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

Methane gas may be imperceptible, but the garbage that produces it is not -- Tiltil's 17,000 inhabitants have grown increasingly concerned about the health impact of such drastic pollution.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

The road had been blocked with a large garbage container and tyres.

From BBC • May 13, 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