waste
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He began looking into the history of the former landfill site at Stoney Hill, in Telford, where former chemical giant, Monsanto, is known to have legally dumped waste in the mid to late 1980s.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Leaning over a steaming pile of waste in his Iowa backyard, Travis Roggatz felt a snap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
On June 29, Mayor Karen Bass signed an executive order calling for the company to clear out the food waste within 45 days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
During deep sleep, a water-like fluid moves around the brain and helps remove metabolic waste associated with diseases such as Alzheimer's.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
I’m curious, but I’ve got no time to waste, so I shove the stack of papers aside.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
It just wastes the strategy — and your money.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
His 13 league goals for Brighton last season came from 12.5 expected goals, a steady return that reflects a striker who finishes at expectation and rarely wastes chances.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
“We believe Meta’s strategy diffusion wastes shareholder capital,” she wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
It does point out that “very little is known about the history of this deep-ocean disposal, the nature of the wastes, or waste sources.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
And every week we waste, more of my lung function wastes away too.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
“They’re more aware of the non-alcoholic options, so it’s not so much the getting wasted, but it’s more just having fun, not necessarily boozy fun. They’re just doing it for themselves.”
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Google’s top researchers also wasted resources competing against each other.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
"Victory won't mean that questions about Farage or Reform's finances will go away, so it seems most likely it will be a wasted summer for everyone," he added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Angel City hasn’t been winning, but they doubled the staff and wasted no time setting up a sizable new performance center at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
When the door slid shut behind him, my mom wasted no time in unhooking my simulation probes so she could give me a tight hug.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Although his classmates had been using their phones to get information for their studies, they were also wasting time on social media.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
"There's a hosepipe ban and we are wasting water and it's causing a huge puddle in the street that cars splash through," she added.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
“Discussions of hospice reform should be focused on first stopping any fraudulent activity from wasting Medicare dollars, which would result in greater savings than those identified in this report.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
“I still said, ‘I already turned it down so you’re wasting your time.’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
“Wow. Samantha is wasting her time at that sad excuse of a coffee shop. She can be the Hermione in our trio. Dibs on Harry.”
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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