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Recent Examples of trash
Noun
Do your part to stop pollution by bringing this toxic trash to the library. Sarah Z. Sleeper, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025 Thanks to the 1988 Supreme Court ruling in the California vs. Greenwood case, other’s trash is not protected under the Fourth Amendment. Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Apr. 2025
Verb
But it was trashed by H. L. Mencken, editor of the Baltimore Sun and dean of America‘s literary critics. Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025 In Lowell Bergman’s case, your life’s work may be trashed, and you may be excluded. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trash
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trash
Noun
  • Unlike a regular old garbage bag, these are leakproof and durable (and thus much harder for a squirrel to rip into, if given the chance).
    Sara Coughlin, SELF, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Four 20-pound bags of hamburger buns and sandwich breads got hit with Stop Sales, sending 80 pounds of bread into the garbage.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The site was first excavated beginning in 1995, and in 2018, scientists began collecting, analyzing and radiocarbon dating fossils unearthed from El Gigante rubbish piles.
    GrrlScientist, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Last year, a dumpster diver in Hudson, New York, stumbled upon an extraordinary find: An 18th-century pen-and-ink sketch by English portraitist George Romney was hidden amid the rubbish.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • As a result of these reentries, however, the amount of space junk burning up in the upper layers of the atmosphere is increasing, which worries some atmospheric scientists.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • What about that wily junk dealer, or the creepy cemetery?
    Kevin Purdy, ArsTechnica, 5 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Particularly his ability to do things at such high speed and to help begin attacking moves in his own half.
    Philipp Lahm, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Police are searching for three suspects who were caught on video repeatedly attacking a 61-year-old trans woman outside of her convenience store in Los Angeles’ Westlake neighborhood.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 29 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • More than half a dozen tornadoes have been confirmed, including one in Marshall County, Oklahoma, that left two homes completely destroyed and damaged about 20 others.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
  • In Hood County, the Granbury Volunteer Fire Department reported that a home southwest of Tolar was destroyed by a tornado and several others were damaged about 9 p.m. Possible tornadoes also were reported in Jack County and Erath County, according to the National Weather Service.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • On March 4, the day the order to show cause was to be heard, the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office dismissed the case.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Heyman dismissed fans on social media who have failed to give Rollins his flowers, saying he’s seen pro wrestlers fail in the ring and seen praise on social media for them while others spout nonsense while ignoring historical facts.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • According to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Brittany Walker and Samuel Payton allegedly assaulted the victim, a 44-year-old man who uses a wheelchair, in a Detroit apartment on Jan. 29, FOX 2 Detroit reported.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • After speaking to witnesses and reviewing video surveillance, investigators found that three men allegedly assaulted the cab driver and stole his personal belongings after refusing to pay their fare, Podgorski said.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The lot was activated because of the magnitude of storm debris that had to be removed from the basins.
    Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
  • For those with patience to keep them free of debris and properly chlorinated (or, more realistically, the funds to hire someone), there’s probably just enough time to close on one of these homes before a mid-season heat wave.
    Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2025

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