trash
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Oxford said he and Walters had burned their clothes, masks, and boots in a trash barrel at his grandmother’s house outside town.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Participants are expected to remove their own trash and garbage from the playa.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Whenever it rains, water rushes down streets and sidewalks — picking up any trash, pesticides, dog poop and other fecal matter in its way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
"Many complaints are about the violation of trash disposal rules while others include smoking and trespassing," he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
But, as we have established, his snout was as keen as ever, and it did not miss the familiar scent of sweet, rotting trash that wafted toward him.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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
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
Moses Castillo, a retired Los Angeles police detective who runs an Instagram account that praises Villanueva and trashes his opponents — including me — was subdued.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2022
He that wades so far as to wet and foul himself, cares not how much he trashes further.—South.
From Pearls of Thought by Maturin Murray Ballou
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
A wildlife haven in Ayrshire has been "trashed" due to a four-year wait over whether or not to designate the site for protection, according to environmental campaigners.
From BBC ● May 3, 2026
One of the most staggering is simply pollution: a jungle riverbank heaped with trashed tires.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
I stared through the imaginary glass and saw that their room had been officially trashed since I’d last been in there.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
“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
Even Scott Jennings, the foul-mouthed Kentuckian with a habit of picking Derby losers and rumored to occasionally sip Tennessee whiskey instead of Kentucky bourbon, has been caught trashing the president — off camera.
From Salon ● May 8, 2026
The story is goofy and the trashing of Philly is gleeful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
We noticed that Perch was now in the process of trashing his cell and was throwing things—clothing, paper, toiletries—across the flats.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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