polluting
Example Sentences
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In 1971, he moved to Minamata, Japan, a coastal city where methylmercury discharged by a chemical company was polluting the water and causing horrendous genetic damage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
That makes them extremely difficult to extinguish and exceptionally polluting.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
Davies said he feared the ongoing activity was "seriously polluting the environment".
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Large stretches of the island's shoreline appear affected and "additional oil slicks extend far out to sea, further polluting and damaging this protected marine ecosystem", Noelle said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
The plan was to use his big day-in court to expose Dusty Muleman’s illegal polluting.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
