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

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

From BBC • Mar. 22, 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

In others AFP found rubbish piled up at the entrance.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

Whenever I see that I think, That's rubbish.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah