pollute
Example Sentences
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Signs of that shift are already visible, as fake images of real incidents further pollute the information landscape.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 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
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
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
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
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.