pollute
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An "unforgettable" tribute to America, or a health hazard that will terrorize animals and pollute the environment?
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
In addition, they say, the regulations also allow for recycling technologies that pollute, such as chemical recycling, which the law as originally drafted forbids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
If we want you to pollute less, we’ll tax carbon.
From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2026
Much of the soil has been contaminated, they say, by toxic elements and heavy metals which will pollute the land and crops grown on it "for years to come".
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
I won’t pollute my insides with Bluberridazzlepops or muffins or scritchscratchy shards of toast, either.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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The rubbish gets into the watercourses that criss-cross the capital and, from there, finds its way into the Congo River where it harms wildlife and pollutes the water.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
The prices in California are higher than in other states due to higher taxes and stricter requirements for cleaner, more expensive gas that pollutes less.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
"The larger it is, the more it pollutes," said the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, before the vote.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
The risk isn’t just to the workers using it; formaldehyde threatens everyone as it pollutes the air we all breathe and leaks from products long after they enter our homes.
From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2024
The automobile gives us great mobility, but pollutes our atmosphere.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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Jones said contracting Campylobacter from polluted water was "pretty nasty".
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
“Based on my knowledge and everything I saw and experienced, East Palestine has always been more polluted and contaminated than what the EPA ever stated,” Dixon said in an interview with the Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
In Pannu's view the law is not emissions regulation at all but closer to the 1980 law that created so-called "Superfund" sites -- highly polluted locations requiring long-term clean up.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
“Your bank account can’t protect you if you are breathing polluted air or rely on a dysfunctional health care system.”
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
But now the village was unswept, the water polluted, and the countryside littered with plastic bags and wrappers.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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The Welsh government said it hoped the increase will "change the habits of people who are polluting communities".
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
That makes them extremely difficult to extinguish and exceptionally polluting.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
But their desire to build these AI-processing plants faster than ever has resulted in sprawling, polluting, noisy, thirsty complexes more reminiscent of the industrial revolution than the era of artificial intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Environmentalists offered a different perspective, pointing out that flying remains the most polluting form of transport.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
“It’s so peaceful here. This is what life is all about. No cell phones, no iPods, no cars driving by polluting our lungs.”
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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