ditch

Example Sentences

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However, geology experts for the defence argued it was unlikely the soil came from the ditch where she was found, despite not being able to say exactly where it was from.

From BBC

BBC economics editor Faisal Islam has recounted how Darling later revealed he was subjected to intense lobbying by Dimon and other senior bankers to ditch the policy.

From BBC

“I thought you wanted to leave. You had had so much fun on the mainland. Plus, your mom lives off island, now your dad. What’s keeping you from ditching me?”

From Literature

And a new graben—the seismologists used the German word meaning “ditch”—had formed.

From Literature

"The brave fella thought he's not going to make it with a life jacket on, so he ditched it, and he swam the next two hours without a life jacket."

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