dumping ground
Example Sentences
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For years, almost any open space far enough out of sight looked like a why-not dumping ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Stilwell, who refrains from sharing his first name, operates on Catalina Island, a dumping ground for officers who’ve either botched cases or run afoul of their superiors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
That move also helps Mexico avoid becoming a dumping ground for cheap Chinese goods.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
Suddenly, therapy becomes less of a place to work through her problems and more of a dumping ground for her anxieties, the only space where she’s allowed to unload without judgment.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2025
As for the Delaware, it was a handy dumping ground for anything and everything—household and human waste, manufacturing rubbish, and debris from the hundreds of ships that visited the city every year.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
