as in sinks
a place of great vice and corruption
over the decades the once-respectable neighborhood had become an urban cesspool
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sinks
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One of the handwash sinks didn’t have any way for users to dry their hands.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
28 Oct. 2025 -
Take control of moldy bathroom and kitchen surfaces by adding hydrogen peroxide directly to a spray bottle and spritzing showers, toilets, sinks, and other surfaces.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Cesspools.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cesspools. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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