waste
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Fly-tippers in Cornwall could face fines of up to £5,000 if they are caught illegally disposing waste.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, and several other major causes of permanent vision loss are associated with the accumulation of fluid, metabolic waste, and inflammatory material in the back of the eye.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown cleanup system at the back of the eye, revealing a hidden route that allows fluid and waste to escape into the body's lymphatic system.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
The culvert once drained waste water from King James VI Hospital, which was built around 1749-1750 and was converted into flats in the 1970s.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
“She did, but I can’t get a signal and I don’t want to waste the charge I have left.”
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
But the Independent was cooler on the launch episode as a whole, saying the show "wastes Nigella's prodigious charms and misses chance for a true revamp".
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
It just wastes the strategy — and your money.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Once she’s plugged in, charged and becomes sentient like the rest of the toys in Bonnie’s room, Lily wastes no time shaking things up.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
This guy is, by the way, completely superfluous to the plot, and wastes a lot of our time before he gets dumped out of it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
She wastes no time retrieving a soil sample pouch.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
Much of the money has been wasted, financing factories and apartment blocks for which there isn’t enough demand, sparking debilitating price wars, and hurting profits and wages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
No time should be wasted in tackling these challenges, the review says.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
He’s wasted little time putting his team in charge, this week announcing a flurry of executive appointments to lead streaming strategy, movie studios and TV programming operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Pages had wasted the Dodgers’ second challenge on a clear strike moments earlier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
“Your father should’ve known better. A wasted sacrifice is no sacrifice at all.”
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
People who received the fabricated pictures believed there was an intruder in their home and called 911 in a panic, wasting police resources, according to the department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Without collecting race and ethnicity data in the census, these estimates could not be produced, needlessly wasting resources and endangering lives.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Executives agreed that AI is delivering outsize value in some cases, but they found that in the majority of cases, it’s wasting more money than it’s worth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Financial planners will typically advise customers to keep their finances simple, which would usually include avoiding wasting time on gimmicks.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
She worked carefully, wasting little of the vegetable, making a neat pile of ends on the table before her.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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