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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Recent Examples of cesspools
These improvements amount to little more than empty symbolic gestures when our parks immediately revert to looking like cesspools.
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Rafael Perez, Daily News, 16 Jan. 2026
Rafael Perez, Daily News, 16 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cesspools
sinks
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Open cabinets under sinks to allow your house to warm the pipes.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Jan. 2026
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Accessibility Select luxury home rentals have some ADA features, such as bathroom rails, lowered sinks, and front entrance ramps, but there are no homes that are fully ADA compliant.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Cesspools.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cesspools. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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