contaminates

Example Sentences

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“The Simpsons Movie” finds the family on the run after Homer accidentally contaminates the town.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2024

Water shortages are not new, but many countries, especially in the global south, are experiencing climate change-related intense drought and flooding that contaminates water sources.

From BBC • May 27, 2024

The concern by scientists interviewed by the AP is that industrial-scale water pumping both contaminates fresh water with brine they pump and effectively dries up the surrounding environment.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2024

The other thing is that stress contaminates memory, so you can have two people in the same room telling completely opposite stories.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2024

Gas has certainly proved itself a very useful and comparatively inexpensive illuminating power, but in many ways it contaminates the atmosphere, is injurious to health, and destructive to the furniture and fittings of our homes.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 by Various