as in poisoning
to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable
outmoded factories polluting the air
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Discouraging older, polluting cars off of city streets will help reduce air pollution — that’s now been proven by London's ULEZ.
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Nicole Kobie, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Expanding outdated, polluting infrastructure exacerbates climate change and threatens our future.
—Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
Home Electrification Fair Learn how to make your home healthier and more comfortable, while saving money and polluting less at the Home Electrification Fair.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
White neighborhoods historically received more community investment in maintaining green spaces that help cool the area, but Black neighborhoods were denied the same resources and were slotted next to polluting industrial infrastructure.
—Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
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Nicole Kobie, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Expanding outdated, polluting infrastructure exacerbates climate change and threatens our future.
—Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
Home Electrification Fair Learn how to make your home healthier and more comfortable, while saving money and polluting less at the Home Electrification Fair.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
White neighborhoods historically received more community investment in maintaining green spaces that help cool the area, but Black neighborhoods were denied the same resources and were slotted next to polluting industrial infrastructure.
—Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
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Their reasoning is that these products are poisoning Americans.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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An Aurora dentist accused of fatally poisoning his wife in 2023 allegedly tried to pay a fellow jail inmate $20,000 to kill the case's lead investigator, prosecutors said in court Friday.—
Axios Denver,
Axios,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Polluting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polluting. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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