trash
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Watch the video above to learn how experts and city officials plan to tackle New York’s giant trash problem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Typically when I move to a new place, the red-and-blue-striped envelope from the post office confirming my new address goes directly from the mailbox into the trash.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
The first time he decided to trash one of the cameras, a self-styled vigilante wearing all black and known as Nomark says he was "super nervous."
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
I’ll work on a puzzle and watch some trash popcorn TV that I love — reality TV: “Love Island,” “Temptation Island,” “Survivor,” anything like that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
They mostly talked to the people of the North End, listened to stories, and took care of the land with assorted donated trash pickers in hand.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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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
Moses Castillo, a retired Los Angeles police detective who runs an Instagram account that praises Villanueva and trashes his opponents — including me — was subdued.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2022
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
The worst ones seem to happen during bear markets, when the winning stocks of the preceding boom get trashed.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 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
One of the most staggering is simply pollution: a jungle riverbank heaped with trashed tires.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
Unlike other defectors, he had never sued the Tour, nor had he trashed it in public.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
Think about it: There are 25 portables that are completely trashed, completely out of commission.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
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It was a pointed line of questioning because Warsh had spent the hearing trashing the Fed’s recent record, and now the same scrutiny was being turned on his own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
According to lawyers and formerly detained immigrants who spoke to Salon, ICE and Border Patrol officers never admit to trashing or keeping these items, but that they have not been found anywhere.
From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2026
"Scientists trashing each other in the media is not constructive."
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
"He hated that, you know, people were just trashing the land," Susan Pretti told AP.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2026
At least Beatriz ain’t cracking on me, but boy is she trashing Stephanie something good.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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