garbage dump
Example Sentences
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Painter and Tiltil resident Raquel Carcamo has watched her town become "Santiago's garbage dump" over the years.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
The real-life Paloma Noyola grew up living with her family in the middle of a garbage dump, where her father worked as a pepenador, a garbage collector.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2023
The community was middle class, suburban and an unlikely place for a garbage dump.
From Scientific American • Sep. 21, 2023
After newly re-formed Somaliland declared its independence in 1991 — though it remains unrecognized by foreign powers — its government offered her a tract of land previously used as a garbage dump.
From Seattle Times • May 16, 2023
Behind the school was a garbage dump perched on the edge of a dying marsh.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
