rubbish
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“I mean what kind of rubbish is that?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Juyon founded the group after she was struck by the amount of rubbish floating around her boat while she was coxing on the River Avon at high tide.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 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
A litter picking group which removes rubbish from a river collected more than 50 bags of rubbish at their latest gathering.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Hedwig made no movement as he began to flick through the newspapers, throwing them onto the rubbish pile one by one.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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