pollute
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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
Solar panels are mostly recyclable, made of glass, aluminium, silver, and polymers - but trace toxic metals like lead and cadmium can pollute soil and water if mishandled.
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025
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
Fossil fuels pollute the air when they are extracted and when they are burned, but the steps between those two points involve far more than familiar scenes of drilling equipment and smoke-filled power plants.
From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2025
On earth, astronomers are hindered by electric lights and radio signals that pollute the night sky, but on the back side of the moon astronomers could view the universe without interference.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
Vocabulary lists containing pollute
This Week in Words: Current Events Vocab for October 9–October 15, 2021
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