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dumping

Cultural  

  1. The sale of goods of one nation in the markets of a second nation at less than the price charged within the first nation. Dumping can eliminate competitors by undercutting their prices.

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For decades, the Baxter Road owners proposed various defenses to delay the inevitable, from a rock wall to dumping dredged sand, a plan rejected by fishermen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

And that’s why, after the No Kings marches in October, Donald Trump himself posted a video created with artificial intelligence showing him dumping human waste on the protesters.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

O'Donovan, who was not responsible for the waste dumping on the site, said he was not invited to the council meeting in January when the CPC action was agreed.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Investors reacted to the third day of the Iran conflict by dumping U.S. government bonds as oil prices spiked and Middle East hostilities stoked fears of an inflation resurgence.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026

Ibni was there the same as every other day, unconcernedly dumping a sack of raw gold into the vat.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

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