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garbage disposal



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These aren’t kitchen-sink movies; they’re garbage disposal rejects, alloys composed of leftover scraps.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

Japan’s garbage disposal laws meant they had to hire a licensed company to throw it out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

“When we turned on the garbage disposal, he ran upstairs and hid for three hours,” Longnecker said.

From Seattle Times • May 12, 2024

The typical job of the proteasome, the garbage disposal of the cell, is to grind down proteins into smaller bits and recycle some of those bits and parts.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2024

His dad was messing with the plumbing under the sink, replacing the garbage disposal.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell




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