Example Sentences

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Outside, they will be joined by thousands for a fife-and-drum-fired “rolling rally” to the wharf, where costumed re-enactors will dump nearly 2,000 pounds of tea donated from all over the world.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2023

And resilient is just a polite, politically accepted way of saying, ‘We will dump on you.’

From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2023

Under Berger's plan, a leaner Marine Corps will dump much of its heavy artillery and armour, including all its battle tanks.

From Reuters • Jan. 11, 2023

When the robot reaches its destination, the operator can stop the spinning, and the bot will dump out whatever it has picked up.

From Scientific American • Jun. 14, 2022

It'll take me on a zigzag route which will dump me in to Arabia Terra.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir