dumping

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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

“Is Kenya being reduced to a dumping site?” said Nyawa, the lawyer.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Did he share a fake video of himself as a fighter pilot dumping human waste on No Kings protesters?

From Salon • May 24, 2026

Investors are dumping government bonds from the U.S. to Japan to the U.K., sending yields to multiyear highs as war-driven inflation forces central banks to reconsider the path of interest rates.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

The guard returned from dumping their clothes in a bin that would no doubt be taken to the incinerator.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo