garbage

Example Sentences

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Clotted ribbons of trash were drifting past, from marooned vessels forced to toss rotting garbage overboard.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Earnings are growing, but investors aren’t that excited by garbage these days.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

“The garbage had been sitting in the seating bowl area after games, and that problem is going to be eliminated as of tonight,” said Tim Mead, the Angels spokesman at the time.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

The garbage was accumulating a little too fast.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

I’ve done the dishes, put the laundry away, and taken out the garbage.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam