dumping ground
Example Sentences
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Natalie could not believe her local lake in Llwyneinion, just outside Wrexham, had actually once been a dumping ground for potentially dangerous chemicals and wants to see blood testing introduced.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
But when she watched Michael Sheen's BBC documentary revealing the lagoon's history as a dumping ground of cancer-causing chemicals known as PCBs, Natalie was shocked.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
A community garden has replaced a drug market, a library stands where an unofficial dumping ground once accumulated milk crates, and formerly deserted blocks now have families moving in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
There had been talk for years about turning the underappreciated Tijuana River Estuary, part of which was used as a dumping ground, into something useful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
But his eyes, dimmed a little by many paintless days under sun and rain, brood on over the solemn dumping ground.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
