rubbish

Example Sentences

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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

The crisis has affected rubbish collection, emergency hospital wards, public transport and education.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

In others AFP found rubbish piled up at the entrance.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

Younger people — so-called digital natives — don’t realize how much this rubbish is a product of the internet.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

I’ll have to start checking the rubbish piles again.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron