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The boys at Nickel speak plainly about the dumping ground for peers that go missing, called Boot Hill.
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Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
He’s made a couple of big mistakes with the dumping ground.
—Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Woburn [Massachusetts] had been used as a dumping ground for toxic chemicals like TCE for decades—and kids like Jimmy were getting sick.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
This spread of water, 34 times larger than France, has been used as a dumping ground for space vehicles since 1971.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
He’s made a couple of big mistakes with the dumping ground.
—Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Woburn [Massachusetts] had been used as a dumping ground for toxic chemicals like TCE for decades—and kids like Jimmy were getting sick.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
This spread of water, 34 times larger than France, has been used as a dumping ground for space vehicles since 1971.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Dumping ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dumping%20ground. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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