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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Recent Examples of polluting
As of last April, the state environmental agency was also lagging behind on inspections of polluting facilities, according to the audit.
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Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2026
In the industrial revolution, emissions from factories and eventually cars began polluting our air, trapping atmospheric gases and warming our planet, pushing temperatures to dangerous levels.
—Brandon Goldner, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Currently, no local laws impose carbon taxes on polluting businesses.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
Despite the low grades, the city and county weren’t named in Wednesday’s report as among America’s worst polluting cities and counties.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2026
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Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2026
In the industrial revolution, emissions from factories and eventually cars began polluting our air, trapping atmospheric gases and warming our planet, pushing temperatures to dangerous levels.
—Brandon Goldner, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Currently, no local laws impose carbon taxes on polluting businesses.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
Despite the low grades, the city and county weren’t named in Wednesday’s report as among America’s worst polluting cities and counties.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polluting
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Symptoms of salmonella poisoning Symptoms of salmonella poisoning usually start six hours to six days after ingesting the bacteria.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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Four people have died in California as a result of the amatoxin poisoning outbreak.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
1 June 2026
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But across Oklahoma, the fluid is spreading uncontrollably belowground, blasting out of old, unplugged wells, polluting land and contaminating drinking water.—
Katie Campbell,
ProPublica,
2 June 2026
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Some medical clinics advertise microdosing Zepbound by drawing up less than the full amount in the single-use vial, but this has not been studied, and there is a risk of contaminating the vial by using it more than once.—
Jody Dushay,
STAT,
29 May 2026
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Protagonist Jo’s mother disappeared when Jo was a teen, tainting her daughter with the stain of possible witchcraft.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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At a time of intensifying divisions at home, a depiction of Ecuador could offer an Edenic, new-world landscape free from the partisanship tainting Church’s New England landscapes.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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“Polluting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polluting. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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