as in sink
a place of great vice and corruption
looks upon Las Vegas as a Gomorrah that undermines traditional values
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cesspool
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Gobler says the culprit is our area's warming waters and too much nitrogen, mostly from underground aging and leaking cesspools.—
Carolyn Gusoff,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026 -
The Kino offices are a cesspool with wan lighting and depraved employees who screw each other in the stairwells, presumably for a few sweaty seconds of feeling alive.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Gomorrah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Gomorrah. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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