dump
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Cleveland Guardians: Jo Adell didn’t come off the IL, but the addition of the former confounding Angels prospect in an August salary dump has bolstered the Guardians’ outfield — long a problem area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
People wait like hungry dogs at their food dish for influencer Caitlin Covington’s annual fall photo dump.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
The storm was expected to dump 6-10 inches of rain on Kauai, with 4-8 inches of rain forecast for Oahu and the Big Island.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
That’s made some investors eager to dump their exposure.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
My aunt doesn’t need to know I was picturing a smelly dump by a highway exit.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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Some scientists recommend five days, especially if the beach is close to an area where a river or an outfall dumps into the ocean.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Its landscape is dotted with ruins of 19th-century fortresses and munitions dumps, from a time when Japan was waging war on China and Russia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
People living in informal settlements built on mine waste dumps are falling ill and more "houses will crack and fall into sinkholes", he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Earlier this month, Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced the latest crackdown on illegal waste dumps - and the LGA is now calling on the government to take urgent action on dealing with white goods too.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Connor dumps soy sauce over his rice with a splash.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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August alone saw two other films of varying quality, “The Last House” and “Don’t Say Good Luck,” all but dumped onto the platform with relatively little to no fanfare.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
It dumped 5.62 inches of rain on L.A. over three days, sent wind gusts of up to 65 mph and resulted in 45 deaths from flooding on land, with an additional 48 deaths at sea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Steak ’n Shake dumped vegetable oil—which Kennedy has blamed for fueling obesity and inflammation—in favor of beef tallow, and switched to Grade A Wisconsin butter versus a blend containing seed oil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Don’t miss: ‘Something snapped inside him’: My contractor boyfriend of 2 years dumped me.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
After breakfast, when I went to check and make sure Henrietta and Chameleon hadn’t dumped their water jars over yet, I saw that black streak chicken again.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
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Korner chided the prosecution for "wholesale dumping" of documents and urged the parties to work together to reduce the size of the case file.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
After the Second World War ended, the Allies disposed of tons of ammunition by dumping it into the ocean so it could not fall into the wrong hands.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
In “Kitchen Confidential,” Bourdain’s bestselling memoir from 2000, he called brunch “a dumping ground for the odd bits left over from Friday and Saturday nights.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
You may also pick up on local news reports about a 747 dumping fuel on several South-Central elementary schools, inspired by a true story from January 2020.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Colin often thought about this in relationship to the monotony of dumping: we have thirty-two teeth.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
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