rubbish
Example Sentences
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Bins finally arrived on Hawthorn Meadows in Buckley, Flintshire, last month but Nathan Long and 60 other households can still only watch as refuse workers collect rubbish or recyclables from a nearby street.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 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 Countryside Code also states that "dropping litter and dumping rubbish are criminal offences".
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
A giant guitar sculpture dominates the central square, guitar murals adorn walls and pavements and even the rubbish bins are shaped like guitars.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
And with a faint smile, she leads us through tired people and rubbish and empty water bottles, straight to where our family waits.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
Vocabulary lists containing rubbish
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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