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
Gobler says the culprit is our area's warming waters and too much nitrogen, mostly from underground aging and leaking cesspools.
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Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
These improvements amount to little more than empty symbolic gestures when our parks immediately revert to looking like cesspools.
—Rafael Perez, Daily News, 16 Jan. 2026
Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
These improvements amount to little more than empty symbolic gestures when our parks immediately revert to looking like cesspools.
—Rafael Perez, Daily News, 16 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cesspools
sinks
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Look for a planting site that sits higher in the landscape, as cold air sinks to lower-lying areas on chilly nights.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
30 May 2026
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The inspector found a bottle with moldy syrup, mold on the ceiling of the ice machine, maggots under one of the sinks and fruit flies under the cabinet in the coffee area.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 May 2026
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“Cesspools.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cesspools. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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