dispose
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The authority tells me they often visit hotspots to deliver letters to residents on how to properly dispose of waste to prevent fly-tipping.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Collectibles, Novack noted, are hard to dispose of, too.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
But it also has a large residential population, who have become increasingly exasperated with tourists who fail to properly dispose of rubbish, smoke where they're not supposed to, and make too much noise.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
The researchers found that tissue-resident macrophages, a type of immune cell that lives permanently within organs, become less able with age to dispose of another class of immune cells.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Only once a year did the need to dispose of a mountain of wrapping paper and cardboard packaging overrule Desdemona’s objections to using our fireplace.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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It disposes of any idea that anything organized or strategic has been going on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Do they think there is some sort of pickup service that comes along and disposes of their carefully collected excrement?
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024
La Mariana said in addition to waste and recycling material, it takes electronic waste and disposes of it for free for residents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
Equally important, there’s no way to ignore the spectacularly difficult institutional hurdles of how society manages and disposes of its nuclear waste.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 18, 2023
Collectively, the Party owns everything in Oceania, because it controls everything and disposes of the products as it thinks fit.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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The market is currently “well disposed to the U.K.,” although that support isn’t guaranteed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
“The beach and Pacific Coast Highway were momentarily shut down while the ordnance was disposed of in place,” the post stated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
After the Second World War ended, the Allies disposed of tons of ammunition by dumping it into the ocean so it could not fall into the wrong hands.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
It requires that person to be deprived of ownership of the animal - to have it taken away - and for the animal to be disposed of.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
As we walked across the moonlight gravel to the porch he disposed of the situation in a few brisk phrases.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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At the cellular level, keeping muscles healthy requires a careful balance between producing new proteins and disposing of old or damaged ones.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Fly-tippers in Cornwall could face fines of up to £5,000 if they are caught illegally disposing waste.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
In November 2020, Indian government investigators found hidden bore holes where the operator of the United Marine Products fishmeal plant in Goa had been covertly disposing of toxic waste, thereby contaminating groundwater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
In Arizona, streams are mostly dry, and the state has many water-intensive mining projects, each with systems for draining stormwater and disposing of water used in minerals processing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Instead of just disposing of the foot, though, the doctors wanted to use cartilage from the toes to build me a new nose.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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