dumping ground
Example Sentences
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Woolston Eyes, near Warrington, was previously a dumping ground for dredging from the Manchester Ship Canal.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
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
Council leader Ann Crimmings said: "The Bwlch Mountain is home to some of our most beautiful countryside, and it is completely unacceptable that a minority treat it as a personal dumping ground."
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
That move also helps Mexico avoid becoming a dumping ground for cheap Chinese goods.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
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
