rubbish
Example Sentences
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The bird was discovered by airport police near terminal one after being spotted perched on a rubbish bin.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 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
Three of the worst illegal rubbish dumps in England are set to be cleaned up at the taxpayers' expense as part of a national waste crime action plan launched by the government.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
"If you dump rubbish on our streets, you will be joining a clean-up squad and picking up the bill, not the taxpayer," said Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
She holds out her hand and shoves the rubbish back into her bag.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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