dirtiest
Example Sentences
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The town, just a short drive from the capital, Pristina, produces almost all of the country's electricity by burning lignite, the lowest-quality and dirtiest coal, dug from nearby pits.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Listening to “The Boutique,” I feel like I should be smoking a cigarette and drinking the dirtiest martini known to man in a speakeasy, wearing a drop waist silk dress and bright red lipstick.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
Coal is relatively inexpensive to produce but is the dirtiest fossil fuel, releasing considerable particulate air pollution, sulfur dioxide and mercury, and nearly twice the planet-warming carbon dioxide as natural gas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026
At Murphy Road Recycling’s material recovery facility near Hartford, the machines are taking over the dirtiest jobs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
The hands are the dirtiest parts of the body.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
