pollute

Example Sentences

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Apart from climate concerns, strikes on energy infrastructure, oil tankers and military targets pollute the surrounding air and water and spread highly toxic chemicals far and wide, experts say.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

"Microplastics do not just pollute aquatic environments as visible particles. They also create an invisible chemical plume that changes as they weather," said lead author Jiunian Guan of Northeast Normal University.

From Science Daily • Dec. 31, 2025

Tibetan nomads fear that mining will pollute the grass and water they rely on for grazing their animals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 makes it an offence to deposit or dispose of waste in a way likely to pollute land or water, including pouring liquids into street drains.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

In our ignorance, we continue to push and pull, to pollute the atmosphere and brighten the land, oblivious of the fact that the long-term consequences are largely unknown.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan