dump on
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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The other two sites earmarked for clearance are a 20,000-tonne dump on an industrial site in Sheffield and a 10,000-tonne tip in Hyndburn, Lancashire.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
Merchan also scheduled a hearing to discuss questions about federal prosecutors' recent evidence dump on March 25, the previously scheduled start date for the trial.
From Salon • Mar. 16, 2024
And resilient is just a polite, politically accepted way of saying, ‘We will dump on you.’
From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2023
Ms. Yavorskaya lives near a garbage dump on the outskirts of Kherson that is now littered with the detritus of war.
From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2022
In 1962, a fire in a dump on the edge of town ignited a coal seam.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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