pollute
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He said that the project wouldn’t pollute the water and that Missouri has taken measures to protect ratepayers from financing the utility upgrades needed for data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
If we want you to pollute less, we’ll tax carbon.
From Slate • Apr. 22, 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
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
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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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