rubbish

Example Sentences

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Van Wolfwinkle, real name Phil Heckels, has dubbed it "rubbish".

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

The two localities, home to about 40,000 people, decided to take radical action around 25 years ago after predictions that their communal rubbish dump would be full by 2004.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

"They said, 'Well it's not a crime to burn rubbish in your garden'."

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

In others AFP found rubbish piled up at the entrance.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

Much of her lore was mere rubbish and humbug, nor did she know the true spells from the false.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin