Example Sentences

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Labels were dumping artists left and right, and artists that already made names for themselves were transitioning to metal.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

In the capital Washington, authorities were dumping truckloads of ice and snow at the site of the demolished Robert F. Kennedy stadium.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

But investors were dumping Boeing shares all the same.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 20, 2025

The couple, who run Tin Man Scrap in Buxton, said they had the idea for a second-hand wedding when they began to spot things they liked among the waste people were dumping.

From BBC • May 11, 2023

They were dumping fish every day as it was.

From El Diablo by Groesbeck, Dan Sayre