contaminated
Example Sentences
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Across Nigeria's oil-rich southern Niger Delta, decades of oil spills have left a landscape deeply scarred, with wetlands increasingly coated in crude and contaminated sediment.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
However the strange yeast was able to eat the phenol, meaning that in the future it could help break down the chemical in contaminated environments, the scientists said.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
It can also be transmitted by touching contaminated objects such as needles, bedding or clothing.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
“All of California’s native biodiversity go into that contaminated hive,” he said, and can be killed off as well.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
One worker later described taking off his wedding ring before his shift because he feared it would be contaminated with radiation and have to be left behind.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
