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Anger is beginning to boil nationwide among voters over building these energy-guzzling stations with significant resistance from Americans in rural areas and Black communities, who argue they're being used as a dumping ground.
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Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 16 Jan. 2026
Take Advantage of Floor Space Rather than using the floor of a closet as a dumping ground, add storage bins, a short storage unit with drawers, or a shoe rack.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 8 Jan. 2026
So basically, our goal is to turn Ghana from a dumping ground into a design ground, from a place of waste to one of beauty.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 31 Oct. 2025
The official synopsis for Slow Horses reads: This darkly funny espionage drama follows a team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 due to their career-ending mistakes.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
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Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 16 Jan. 2026
Take Advantage of Floor Space Rather than using the floor of a closet as a dumping ground, add storage bins, a short storage unit with drawers, or a shoe rack.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 8 Jan. 2026
So basically, our goal is to turn Ghana from a dumping ground into a design ground, from a place of waste to one of beauty.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 31 Oct. 2025
The official synopsis for Slow Horses reads: This darkly funny espionage drama follows a team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 due to their career-ending mistakes.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Dumping ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dumping%20ground. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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