Example Sentences

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"If our generation, uses the seabed for storing carbon that we shouldn't have emitted in the first place, then the generations coming after us won't be able to use the seabed to store their emissions."

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

It would also have emitted more than 13.6 million tons per year of greenhouse gases, the equivalent of 3.5 coal-fired power plants.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2022

These include lead in drinking water, deteriorating paint, residual lead in soil from decades of motor vehicle emissions, and the cleanup of contaminated sites where industries have emitted lead.

From Salon • Sep. 5, 2021

This year’s fires in Siberia already have emitted more carbon than those in some previous years, according to Mark Parrington, a senior scientist at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2021

The pellets of uranium will be as old as Earth is now before half of the uranium 238 atoms have emitted radiation.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland