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[trash] / træʃ /




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Which is an argument for toning down the trash talk in online group chats where you can’t read expressions or read the room.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

“Is there a small generator? Are all the windows intact? Is there fresh trash? Is there plastic on the roof?”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

It will stop becoming entertaining when every survivor has to wear SPF sunscreen rated at least 1,000 just to take out the trash.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2026

But three years after Porter moved in, his monthly bill for trash, sewer and water had more than doubled, to $182 from $86.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

“I mean, I know he can smell things miles away, but how do we know he’s not headed for some trash can in town?”

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Only firms in desperate need of cash sell more shares when their valuations are low, because it dilutes existing shareholders and trashes the share price.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

An attorney who trashes the rule of law must know that eventually she will be barred from practicing it.

From Salon Jun. 5, 2025

Spawned when the body trashes old red blood cells, the molecule is harmful refuse and a sign of illness.

From Science Magazine Jun. 8, 2023

But the new ad campaign is facing significant backlash — with critics calling it a “new Barbie” that trashes Italy’s cultural heritage.

From Seattle Times May 6, 2023

He that wades so far as to wet and foul himself, cares not how much he trashes further.—South.

From Pearls of Thought by Maturin Murray Ballou

Evans said: "We were concerned a lot of people would want to go up the mountain to see the graffiti, and the hillside would get trashed."

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

The worst ones seem to happen during bear markets, when the winning stocks of the preceding boom get trashed.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

“I’ve watched hundreds of videos get trashed because Roco’s eye was twitching wrong or his jaw wasn’t clenching or the camera didn’t go all the way to the right,” said Alimzhanov.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

"Right now the brand of AI has just been trashed and this certainly doesn't help," she said - noting widespread mistrust of the tech, particularly among young people.

From BBC May 19, 2026

I stared through the imaginary glass and saw that their room had been officially trashed since I’d last been in there.

From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson

Getting rid of stuff is something we do nearly every week, through donating, trashing and shredding.

From MarketWatch Aug. 23, 2026

"You get red mist when you see them trashing your years' work and this is all you've got. And they're just trashing it," says Lemon.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

“Absolutely not! They made their decision and took the low road to unearned riches to play in a subpar league, while trashing the PGA Tour on the way out, showing a complete lack of sportsmanship.”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 30, 2026

"Scientists trashing each other in the media is not constructive."

From Barron's Jan. 27, 2026

Dr. Barlow Sloan spent a whole chapter of the Dinoguide trashing knuckleskulls.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older




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