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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But whatever the motive behind the decade-long effort to boost Woodard on Wikipedia, the incident reminds us just how much effort some people are willing to put into polluting open or public-facing projects for their own ends.
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Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
Managing over $500 billion in assets, Calpers has argued that its influence can push polluting companies toward greener practices while also funding clean energy technologies.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2025
Justices said that without a specific law, the agency cannot force the entire power generation industry to move away from fossil fuels toward less-polluting energy sources.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 12 Mar. 2025
This disparity between low-income communities with a disproportionate number of environmentally polluting facilities spurred the state to create an Office of Equity and Environmental Justice in the 1990s.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2025
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Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
Managing over $500 billion in assets, Calpers has argued that its influence can push polluting companies toward greener practices while also funding clean energy technologies.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2025
Justices said that without a specific law, the agency cannot force the entire power generation industry to move away from fossil fuels toward less-polluting energy sources.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 12 Mar. 2025
This disparity between low-income communities with a disproportionate number of environmentally polluting facilities spurred the state to create an Office of Equity and Environmental Justice in the 1990s.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2025
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Beyond the broader ecological catastrophes that await us, wildfires harm people with smoke that can travel hundreds of kilometers from the source fire, poisoning people with small particles and a portfolio of toxins.—
Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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In the mid-1890s, her former landlords Israel and Lovey Dunham died after sudden illnesses; Toppan later acknowledged poisoning them, according to Boston Magazine.—
Christina Coulter,
People.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Just as Cassini was sent into Saturn at the end of its mission to avoid contaminating Saturn’s moons with any stowaway organics brought from Earth, so too will Juno be brought to an end by forcing it to plunge into a gas giant world.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
3 Sep. 2025
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The compression system inside is genius, and the sectioned divider keeps my dirty clothes from contaminating the rest of my items (major win).—
Samantha Leal,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Sep. 2025
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And around all this, the whiff of Epstein is tainting the president's achievements.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Polluting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polluting. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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