trash
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Somehow the burst only caused minor scratches on his floor, he said, but his entire neighborhood was littered with blown trash cans and stray tree limbs, not to mention the severe damage to the course.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Many of the bracelets ended up in the trash.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
"We do not know if the dogs were intentionally fed maize or if perhaps, they were just eating leftovers or trash," said Tomczyk.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
In the western city of Rennes, around 20 people set up a barricade using trash bins and large pallets on the outskirts of a shopping mall.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Clare turned to find an especially tiny nose poking out from the trash heap.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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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
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
Expect Raman, whom City Hall opponents have long trashed as conflict-averse, to focus on a message of possibility and positivity while holding her ground and striking back — and hard — when necessary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 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
“I’ve watched hundreds of videos get trashed because Roco’s eye was twitching wrong or his jaw wasn’t clenching or the camera didn’t go all the way to the right,” said Alimzhanov.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
In November, I wrote about the shameful condition of Robert F. Kennedy Inspiration Park in Koreatown, where the monument and grounds had been vandalized, trashed and fenced off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2026
"I want the outer door locked in the fully open position with the mechanical stopper in place to keep it from being trashed by the decompress."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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We spent many weekends sorting through all the photo albums and loose photos we’d amassed or inherited, tossing the duplicate pictures and trashing my dad’s slides that were impossible to view easily.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
“Like I said, I still have feelings about a young man trashing his whole life like that. But no.”
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
So to perhaps the result that ended Bazball in the minds of many, even if not in reality: An Ashes trashing in Australia.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Many in the music world trace the genesis of this phenomenon to Keith Moon, who was legendary both as a drummer for the Who and for trashing hotel rooms, including TVs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
At least Beatriz ain’t cracking on me, but boy is she trashing Stephanie something good.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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