polluting
Example Sentences
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Some locals say the renewed jockeying for clients is the latest distraction from the fight over the toxins they believe are polluting their home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
The paper included 15 wedges, three of which involved some form of carbon capture and eight of which involved using traditional fossil fuels, though in more efficient, or less polluting, ways.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
One possible compromise being put forward concerns six coal power stations that use imported hard coal, which is less polluting than the domestic German lignite.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
“Day after day, I heave and haul the detritus of the most polluting civilization in human history.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
It might have been that Mrs. Tallis did not want the polluting presence to step inside her house.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
