rubbish
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"There is actually rubbish underneath the site," he added.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Shopkeepers were seen early on Sunday morning picking up large shards of glass in Paris as rubbish trucks cleared up debris on some of the larger streets.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Students cheered as they stacked rubbish bins against the entrance to a school outside Paris, while a speaker thumped out French rap to young people, teachers and parents mingling in the early morning drizzle.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
The European Union sets mandates for 90%, 85%, 80%, 75%, 70%, 65%, 60%, 55% and 50%, covering everything from beverage containers and packaging materials to municipal rubbish.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The rubbish heap was still there, breeding its multigenerational population of feral dogs.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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