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trash

[trash] / træʃ /




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While most schools reopened Wednesday, more than 500 remained at least partially closed with students blocking doors with mounds of trash bins.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

If you look for a bystander to trash talk your beloved, you will surely find one.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

To avoid bear encounters, Fish and Wildlife recommends removing unsecured food from cars and tents, using bear-resistant food canisters or bear lockers, and regularly disposing trash.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

I can’t stand all this plastic trash we elevate above the natural world.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

Dad is still standing in the open doorway, his hands in fists on his hips, so I leave the trash behind and sprint for the house.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Only firms in desperate need of cash sell more shares when their valuations are low, because it dilutes existing shareholders and trashes the share price.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

The former insurance executive trashes five days a week, and hikes in the Santa Susana Mountains every Friday afternoon with several volunteers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2025

An attorney who trashes the rule of law must know that eventually she will be barred from practicing it.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2025

Spawned when the body trashes old red blood cells, the molecule is harmful refuse and a sign of illness.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 8, 2023

For example, in a text-processing tool that crunches a line at a time, a short line buffer can result in lossage as input from a long line overflows the buffer and trashes data beyond it.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele

Evans said: "We were concerned a lot of people would want to go up the mountain to see the graffiti, and the hillside would get trashed."

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

The worst ones seem to happen during bear markets, when the winning stocks of the preceding boom get trashed.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

In March 1989, a midday tube rupture at the Chevron refinery in El Segundo sent cleaning solvent-filled steam into the air and trashed the paint jobs on about 2,000 neighboring cars and trucks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Simplicity is elevated, subtlety is trashed, and complexity decried.

From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026

The galley was trashed, all fallen out, but many of the bins of food were still locked in place: rice and flour in sealed containers.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

“Like I said, I still have feelings about a young man trashing his whole life like that. But no.”

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Getting rid of stuff is something we do nearly every week, through donating, trashing and shredding.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026

"You get red mist when you see them trashing your years' work and this is all you've got. And they're just trashing it," says Lemon.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

“Absolutely not! They made their decision and took the low road to unearned riches to play in a subpar league, while trashing the PGA Tour on the way out, showing a complete lack of sportsmanship.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

Sounds like his buddies are trashing the basement and upstairs.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas




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