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pollute

[puh-loot] / pəˈlut /


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In addition, they say, the regulations also allow for recycling technologies that pollute, such as chemical recycling, which the law as originally drafted forbids.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

If we want you to pollute less, we’ll tax carbon.

From Slate Apr. 22, 2026

They send the message that “you can pollute with impunity,” said Carly Phillips, a senior scientist with the Union of Concerned Scientists.

From Salon Apr. 10, 2026

Signs of that shift are already visible, as fake images of real incidents further pollute the information landscape.

From Barron's Apr. 2, 2026

“The gallbladder is a filter. You must not shock or pollute it!”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

But recycling is done with few regulations, pollutes the environment and threatens the health of those involved, both workers and experts told AFP.

From Barron's Dec. 16, 2025

"The larger it is, the more it pollutes," said the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, before the vote.

From BBC Dec. 2, 2025

The risk isn’t just to the workers using it; formaldehyde threatens everyone as it pollutes the air we all breathe and leaks from products long after they enter our homes.

From Salon Dec. 9, 2024

Urban runoff that pollutes the ocean frequently begins in these fresh rivers, but, unlike for beaches, there is no statewide oversight, standardization or funding for freshwater pollution monitoring in California.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2024

The automobile gives us great mobility, but pollutes our atmosphere.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins

These studies would compare clean and polluted tropical convective clouds, with particular attention to powerful updraft regions.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

Detroit and Chicago posted air quality index readings in the "hazardous" range, with tracker IQAir saying they were the top polluted cities in the world.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

“It is a growing cardiovascular threat”: Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis and New York City are considered some of the world’s most polluted cities Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

A year before a massive fire at a Boyle Heights cold storage building sent polluted smoke into surrounding communities, the operator of the facility came to Los Angeles City Hall with a request.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

She called after me, “You know how polluted that water is? There’re all kinds of toxic—” That’s when my head went under.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

He suggested the low prosecution rate "encourages polluting by not having successful deterrents".

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Some locals say the renewed jockeying for clients is the latest distraction from the fight over the toxins they believe are polluting their home.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

He wants to get the Fed out of narrating its outlook, so as to avoid polluting market signals about that same outlook.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

The paper included 15 wedges, three of which involved some form of carbon capture and eight of which involved using traditional fossil fuels, though in more efficient, or less polluting, ways.

From Salon Jun. 26, 2026

It might have been that Mrs. Tallis did not want the polluting presence to step inside her house.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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