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The site in Apollo was a dumping ground for hundreds of 55-gallon drums containing radioactive nuclear waste.
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Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
An unceremonious dumping ground for the sort of horror movies most people can live without, Q1 has long functioned as a graveyard for the genre.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 1 Apr. 2026
The resulting blast left behind an almost 33-foot deep crater, which later became a dumping ground for the debris from a myriad of nuclear tests from the 1940s to 50s.
—Devika Rao, TheWeek, 31 Mar. 2026
For years, ExxonMobil used the land off Victoria Way and Adrian Street for a dumping ground, incurring a legal fight from the city over petroleum contamination.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 23 Mar. 2026
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Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
An unceremonious dumping ground for the sort of horror movies most people can live without, Q1 has long functioned as a graveyard for the genre.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 1 Apr. 2026
The resulting blast left behind an almost 33-foot deep crater, which later became a dumping ground for the debris from a myriad of nuclear tests from the 1940s to 50s.
—Devika Rao, TheWeek, 31 Mar. 2026
For years, ExxonMobil used the land off Victoria Way and Adrian Street for a dumping ground, incurring a legal fight from the city over petroleum contamination.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 23 Mar. 2026
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“Dumping ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dumping%20ground. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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