dumped

past tense of dump

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dumped The first atmospheric river to hit the Southwest this season dumped up to five times the average rain for November in parts of the region, triggering destructive flooding for the second consecutive month. — Suheir Hashimeh, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026 Farmers dumped manure on the streets of Turin on Friday as mass demonstrations unfurled across more than 50 cities in Italy. — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026 Police said illegally dumped tires pose environmental hazards and are difficult to dispose of or recycle. — Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 Polls in Texas indicate a tight race in a state that hasn’t elected a Democrat in more than three decades, despite the billion dollars Republicans have dumped into the contest. — Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2026 Children played on playgrounds where workers dumped toxic incinerator ash, Fletcher said. — Yona Gavino, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026 For all the money that's been dumped into the program, that's not good enough. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026 In the aftermath of allegations from Wood and then others, Manson was dumped by CAA as a client and lost acting roles in American Gods and Creepshow. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026 In fact, just days earlier, the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel had slammed the coastline and dumped rain over the region — although not enough to significantly moisten the bone-dry vegetation. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dumped
Verb
  • The driver ditched the car in a downtown LA alley after deputies pulled away from the chase.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Prince William and Prince George ditched their signature suits for a rare coordinated athleisure style moment on November 3.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 3 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • This could help establish a circular supply chain in which discarded electronic components become feedstock for new industrial applications.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Popular imagination dismissed her as one of the lonely and disappointed women in a cardigan who peopled her novels, her books discarded as conservative and constricting.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Although the crew unloaded about half of the cargo, a crack in the hull ultimately caused the ship to sink, leaving thousands of tonnes of explosives on the seabed.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
  • After shootings like these, calls for gun owners to keep their guns locked, unloaded and separate from ammunition are common.
    — Nina Vinik, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Republicans not only lost the House, but watched as their hope of keeping a Senate majority slipped away, too — a blue tsunami that was quickly interpreted as a rebuke of the president and his agenda.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The spot sparked national bipartisan backlash on grounds that Acton's mother had lost custody of her children decades ago after her husband, their stepfather, was indicted for raping Acton as a child.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026

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“Dumped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumped. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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