bilge
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If you have ever sat at a restaurant, marveling at the bilge offered on the kids’ menu and wondering how on earth we got here, “Picky” has the answers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
The bilge water was not processed through required pollution prevention equipment, and the illegal discharges were not recorded in the vessel’s oil record book, as required by law, prosecutors said.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2023
“Officers and surgeons roamed the decks, sniffing out potential culprits: foul bilge, moldy sails, rancid meat, human sweat, rotten timber, dead rats, piss and excrement, unwashed livestock, dirty breath,” Grann writes.
From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2023
Before long, water filled the base of the boat, the bilge pump grinding in a constant whir as it tried to keep up.
From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2023
I could see the bottom of the ship and the small fish swimming alongside the bilge drains.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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