pollute
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If we want you to pollute less, we’ll tax carbon.
From Slate • Apr. 22, 2026
Apart from climate concerns, strikes on energy infrastructure, oil tankers and military targets pollute the surrounding air and water and spread highly toxic chemicals far and wide, experts say.
From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026
Tibetan nomads fear that mining will pollute the grass and water they rely on for grazing their animals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
Unfortunately, these tests served mostly to put both East and West on edge, pollute parts of the United States and the former Soviet Union, and make a lot of people sick.
From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025
“The gallbladder is a filter. You must not shock or pollute it!”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing pollute
This Week in Words: Current Events Vocab for October 9–October 15, 2021
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Unit 20, Lessons 3–4
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