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Runoff from roads, factories, and dumping grounds can also pollute water sources used for crops.
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Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
By the sixth century C.E., the site was mainly used as a dumping ground.
—Aurora Martínez, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2025
In fact, the very places that long supplied rubber, cotton, metal, and other goods to imperial viceroys now serve as dumping grounds for the modern descendants of some of those same powers.
—Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
As a result, the need for dumping grounds increased again.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
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Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
By the sixth century C.E., the site was mainly used as a dumping ground.
—Aurora Martínez, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2025
In fact, the very places that long supplied rubber, cotton, metal, and other goods to imperial viceroys now serve as dumping grounds for the modern descendants of some of those same powers.
—Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
As a result, the need for dumping grounds increased again.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for dumping ground
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“Dumping ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dumping%20ground. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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