filthy
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This was a reference to North Korea dropping hundreds of balloons in 2024, which were later found to contain "filthy waste and trash", across the border in the South.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
She then was transferred to Pretrial Detention Centre Number 5 in Donetsk, where she shared a small, filthy cell with around 20 common-law prisoners.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
On the way to a fancy ball, his gallant attempt to guide his date past a fetid puddle ends with him splashing her “from head to foot with that filthy water.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Fruit makes up more than half of the filthy bunch, according to a report released Tuesday by the nonprofit.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026
She landed barefoot and filthy with smoke and soot.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
Vocabulary lists containing filthy
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