dirtiest
Example Sentences
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Coal is relatively inexpensive to produce but is the dirtiest fossil fuel, releasing considerable particulate air pollution, sulfur dioxide and mercury, and nearly twice the planet-warming carbon dioxide as natural gas.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
It ranges from the greenest to the dirtiest, from established technologies to speculative ones, and even includes companies that play tangential roles in the sector.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
“The militias were often the dirtiest part of an ugly war,“ said Graeme Smith, author of a book on the war in southern Afghanistan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025
Santa Monica Pier routinely tops the yearly list of the state’s dirtiest beaches by environmental nonprofit Heal the Bay, which tests waters up and down the California coast for fecal bacteria, which can harm beachgoers.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2025
We were also grateful that we had concluded the dirtiest of chores and had only gotten the evil-smelling swill on our shoes, stockings, feet and hands.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
