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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  • Use soap on your water bottle In 2017, a team of researchers tested 90 reusable water bottles from a Midwestern college campus and determined that the portable drinking vessel can be a cesspool of pathogens.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • At worst, as an antisemitic and anti-American cesspool.
    Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Gomorrah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Gomorrah. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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