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
The valley that becomes flooded with sewage and stormwater overflow is still accessible.
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Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2025
The flooding left at least two people dead, while tens of thousands were without power, and there was widespread sewage contamination and major disruptions to roads, schools, businesses and utilities.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
As of late last month, the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant in San Ysidro is now authorized to treat 35 million gallons of sewage a day — a goal that had already been set by International Boundary and Water Commission prior to the pact with Mexico.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Others tried to flee into a sewage pond; agents used a boat to fish them out and prosecutors later alleged one man tried to flip the vessel.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
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Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2025
The flooding left at least two people dead, while tens of thousands were without power, and there was widespread sewage contamination and major disruptions to roads, schools, businesses and utilities.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
As of late last month, the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant in San Ysidro is now authorized to treat 35 million gallons of sewage a day — a goal that had already been set by International Boundary and Water Commission prior to the pact with Mexico.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Others tried to flee into a sewage pond; agents used a boat to fish them out and prosecutors later alleged one man tried to flip the vessel.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sewage
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Another video showed large plumes of smoke billowing from the truck as emergency workers tried to extinguish the fire.—
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing rolling back what's known as the endangerment finding, the basis for rules regulating climate pollution, including from coal and gas-fired power plants, cars and trucks, and methane from the oil and gas industry.—
Julia Simon,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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After the new additions of Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Kam Patterson and Veronika Slowikowska (as well as Please Don’t Destroy member Ben Marshall), it was believed that the dust had settled on the cast shakeups.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
13 Sep. 2025
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And once the dust clears, the mystery is overshadowed by all the broken people left in its wake.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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This follows its Protect Our Beaches campaign, in partnership with Oceanic Global, that conducts regular beach cleanups removing more than one million pounds of refuse from shorelines around the country.—
Ramsey Qubein,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Contaminants on the site—fuels, wastewater and human refuse—threaten to pollute the sensitive waters surrounding the site on all sides.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025
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“Sewage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sewage. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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