dumping

Example Sentences

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The same weather system that passed through Indonesia, now downgraded from a tropical storm to a depression, made landfall early on Friday morning, dumping more rain on the already-sodden region.

From Barron's

Graziano also called on state officials to help “stop the dumping of the mentally ill in jails.”

From Washington Times

“It does not prevent corporate PACs from overnight dumping hundreds of thousands of dollars into the race to try to buy the election,” Sawant said prophetically in early 2019.

From Seattle Times

The government's environment department has come under scrutiny for not doing more to prevent sewage dumping and other forms of pollution in England's waterways.

From BBC

The designation would prohibit dumping matter into the sanctuary, disturbing cultural resources, drilling or producing oil, gas or minerals, and disturbing the seabed, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

From Los Angeles Times