garbage
Example Sentences
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Mountains of garbage line Havana’s streets, some set ablaze by residents protesting their living conditions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
In the street, a refrigerator missing a door was on its back, overflowing with garbage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
One mutual-fund manager’s reaction: “If people start believing this random-walk garbage and switch to index funds, a lot of $80,000-a-year portfolio managers and analysts will be replaced by $16,000-a-year computer clerks. It just can’t happen.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
At the heart of the boom is the sprawling eastern Cairo settlement of Manshiyet Nasser, where generations of garbage collectors have built one of the world's most sophisticated informal recycling systems.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
“You eat out all the time and buy stuff you don’t need. You don’t worry if you drop a piece of garbage on the ground.”
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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