as in truck
waste material (such as human urine and feces) that is carried away from homes and other buildings in a system of pipes
raw sewage
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Recent Examples of sewage
Each building is dedicated to a different process to treat the sewage coming from across Sacramento County, Lunde explained.
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Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
Two Plano restaurants were temporarily closed due to unsanitary conditions at one and overflowing sewage at another, according to the city’s health inspection report.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026
Its crews responded quickly to the failure, preventing more sewage from spilling into the lake, department officials said.
—Joe Marusak
june 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 June 2026
Nearly 240 million gallons of sewage spilled into the river and its tributaries during eight days after a 72-inch section of the Potomac Interceptor sewer line ruptured in mid-January.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 1 June 2026
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Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
Two Plano restaurants were temporarily closed due to unsanitary conditions at one and overflowing sewage at another, according to the city’s health inspection report.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026
Its crews responded quickly to the failure, preventing more sewage from spilling into the lake, department officials said.
—Joe Marusak
june 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 June 2026
Nearly 240 million gallons of sewage spilled into the river and its tributaries during eight days after a 72-inch section of the Potomac Interceptor sewer line ruptured in mid-January.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sewage
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Escalante Sandoval then approached the parked van, removed a key concealed in the gas cap and backed it up, allowing a group of people to move three deep freezers from the van into the bed of the truck and load them with packages.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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Bystanders ran to the truck to pull Harrell out, authorities said.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
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Additionally, environmental factors such as tobacco smoke, pollution, pollen, dust, pet dander, laundry soaps, fragrances and more can irritate children’s skin or breathing passages.—
Dr. Daniel DiGiacomo,
Boston Herald,
7 June 2026
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But after the dust settled Saturday, La Habra’s senior softball players sat side-by-side on the grass, kicked off their cleats and giggled.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
7 June 2026
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The old refuse was collected into a single pile in the 1950s and newer operations continued to accumulate waste there, per DRMS.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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But some of that refuse, the ghost recalls, found a second life in the hands of a woman named Cara.—
Omari Weekes,
The New York Review of Books,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Sewage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sewage. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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