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Investors dumped shares of the server maker after the company said it would raise $7 billion in a series of equity offerings to help satisfy growing demand for its AI servers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The Labour government recently proposed giving councils new powers to force fly-tippers to clean up waste they have dumped, and giving the Environment Agency police-style powers to investigate major waste sites.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

We were taken to a kitchen with raw chicken dumped in the sink.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

They also dumped more than $16 million into groups supporting Mr. Becerra, who in early April was polling near 4%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

He was forever trailing her shadow during rehearsals, leaving her gifts in her dressing room, notes that she promptly dumped without opening.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny