landfill
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A fire at a landfill site in Fife has continued into a fifth day with three fire crews and specialist appliances still working to extinguish the flames.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
Guillermo Deferrari, of Ushuaia's scientific research center, downplayed the landfill theory, explaining that the colilargo is herbivore and lives off seeds and fruit found in forested ecosystems, not in dumps, where the common rat feeds.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
The liberty cities model of fewer regulations, however, has also brought with it the challenge of dealing with a landfill that moved in just outside the tiny city’s boundaries.
From Salon • May 3, 2026
Instead of sending it to the landfill, I repurposed the fabric into stuff sacks.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
He was fat, with a white beard that had turned yellow, kind of like Santa Claus, if Santa had been rolled out of bed and dragged through a landfill.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
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East Asia - Middle School
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