Augean stables

plural of Augean stable
as in sinks
a place of great vice and corruption as a gubernatorial candidate he claimed that the state capitol was an Augean stable that desperately needed to be cleaned out

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sinks
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  • But if carbon dioxide sources and sinks were mismatched by as little as 5% for 5 million years, the biosphere would be utterly destroyed in a runaway high-CO2 greenhouse.
    Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • What a poll found →Supreme Court approval rating sinks to a new low, poll finds.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
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