dumping ground
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A community garden has replaced a drug market, a library stands where an unofficial dumping ground once accumulated milk crates, and formerly deserted blocks now have families moving in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 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
Later that month, further concerns were raised after an illegal dumping ground, described as "an animal graveyard", was discovered just outside Augher near a newly built family home.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
When Adam Dunlop and his young family built their dream family home in the Northern Irish countryside, they never imagined that the fields around their idyll would become an illegal dumping ground for dead animals.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
But his eyes, dimmed a little by many paintless days under sun and rain, brood on over the solemn dumping ground.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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