rubbish tip/dump
noun
British
: an area of land where people can dump things that are no longer useful or wanted and that are being thrown out
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Fifty years later, that swampy area — once a fishing village and rubbish dump — is now Dharavi, one of Asia’s biggest slums and a bustling hub of industry in India’s financial capital.
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Jessie Yeung, CNN, 29 June 2024
When her egg fortuitously rolls into a rubbish dump, Robin is raised by a loving family of mice.
—Dan Snierson, EW.com, 6 Oct. 2021
In 2018, researchers uncovered seven small tombs under a Byzantine-era rubbish dump.
—Sam Jones, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2023
The program followed impoverished inhabitants eking out a living on the beach, at the lagoon, and at a rubbish dump.
—Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books, 18 Nov. 2021
Who would abduct him, torture him for days and toss him onto a rubbish tip?
—Tom Nolan, WSJ, 27 May 2022
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Jessie Yeung, CNN, 29 June 2024
When her egg fortuitously rolls into a rubbish dump, Robin is raised by a loving family of mice.
—Dan Snierson, EW.com, 6 Oct. 2021
In 2018, researchers uncovered seven small tombs under a Byzantine-era rubbish dump.
—Sam Jones, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2023
The program followed impoverished inhabitants eking out a living on the beach, at the lagoon, and at a rubbish dump.
—Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books, 18 Nov. 2021
Who would abduct him, torture him for days and toss him onto a rubbish tip?
—Tom Nolan, WSJ, 27 May 2022
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“Rubbish tip/dump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rubbish%20tip%2Fdump. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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