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Under a caution offenders could be made to complete 20 hours of unpaid work clearing up streets and parks where they had dumped waste illegally, and pay fines up to £300.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Kostas Lagouvardos, research director at the National Observatory in Athens, said the "extreme" weather phenomenon had dumped up to 170 millimetres of rain on the capital.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

As of Saturday afternoon, the storm had dumped 2 to 3 inches of rain across the greater Los Angeles area, and 3 to 6 inches in the foothills and mountains of the Transverse Ranges.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2025

Because, he told Vic, during that first raid, ICE had dumped the documented guys at the Metro Detention Center downtown, 30 miles away, with no wallets and no phones and no way to get back.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025

Nim had dumped so much muck that no steaming stink could escape.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr