dump
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Caterpillar’s giant yellow dump trucks have been running autonomously on closed-loop courses in mines and quarries for several years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Crews used forklifts to push the waste outside, where it was loaded into sealed trailers for transport to special dump sites in several states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 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 study found that beneficiaries also were more likely to dump their Medicare Advantage plans in states where supplemental-coverage protections made switching more feasible.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
His very first All Hallows’ Eve in Deadwood, two months after he’d been spotted in the dump.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Also: How to use options around earnings to trade Nike’s stock, which has been down in the dumps for years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Michael Sheen says an offer to meet Wales' first minister over claims people have been poisoned by decades of exposure to toxic waste dumps "was not taken up".
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
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
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
My newest edible sidekick, Pierre the Pineapple, probably has a good two weeks of life before the flies come and Dad dumps him in the compost bin.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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Even though both rose in the following three years, many dumped bonds in favor of better-performing stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Storms, like the nor’easter that dumped rain from North Carolina to Maine over the weekend, happen.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
It’s what happens when you’ve dumped out decades’ worth of memories and stories as part of your life’s work documenting the origins of punk rock for the better part of 50 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
He was 14, now old enough to understand, when Pietersen was controversially dumped by England after the 2013-14 Ashes defeat.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Dad’s already warned me about how sorry I’ll be if Wexford-Smythe University pulls out of here because they don’t like having fertilizer dumped in their mail slot.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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Earlier Tuesday afternoon, the weather service said thunderstorms were already dumping heavy rain across the region, with more rain on the horizon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Buried with Michael Sheen explores toxic chemical dumping in 14 sites in Wales and England.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
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
"With dumping bullfrogs in the moat so no one got a wink o' sleep?"
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
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