Example Sentences

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He noted that in 2016, Stuart closed and replaced wells that were contaminating the local water supply but was still incurring cleanup costs.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2023

In the process, they were contaminating it with their saliva and excretions that are known to contain the virus.

From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2018

Some of the Lackses later gave blood to Hopkins researchers, thinking they were being tested for cancer, when really the scientists wanted their genetic information to help determine whether HeLa cells were contaminating other cultures.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2010

Most worrisome to lakeshore residents was a report by the Environmental Protection Agency last June that asbestos fibers were contaminating the drinking water of Duluth, some 60 miles from Silver Bay.

From Time Magazine Archive

He stooped down and picked the thing up with the tips of his fingers, held it at arms length as though it were contaminating, and examined the inside.

From Marcia Schuyler by Lutz, Grace Livingston Hill