garbage

Example Sentences

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"It was like a hoarder's house with garbage bags everywhere... a mess," added Curreri.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

“It’s hell,” said a taxi driver named Pedro as he drove past heaps of garbage rotting in the streets because there is not enough gas for trash trucks.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

Garbage in, garbage out remains the eternal problem calling for intelligent human prioritization of computing tasks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

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

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

He developed a solar-powered machine that skims garbage off the top of the ocean and raises awareness about the danger of microplastics that come off synthetic clothes when we wash them.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy