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septic

[sep-tik] / ˈsɛp tɪk /
















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Decommissioning his old cesspool and buying the new septic tank already cost almost $10,000, he said, and installation and testing could easily triple that.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

I went into septic shock and spent over a month in a medically induced coma.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

She then suffered complications, contracted multiple infections and went into septic shock.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Georgia, where Amber Thurman died after doctors did not try to empty her septic uterus for 20 hours, has not revisited its ban or disciplined key doctors involved.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026

But what had amused me then turned septic on the air now.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald




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