as in sink
a place of great vice and corruption
over the decades the once-respectable neighborhood had become an urban cesspool
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As flames tore through Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, X became a cesspool of misinformation and anti-DEI attacks targeting LA Mayor Karen Bass and LAFD chief Kristin Crowley, who is the first woman and LGBT person in the job.
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Axios, 10 Jan. 2025
A couple of weeks back, apropos of nothing, a small cadre in the cesspool formerly known as Twitter decided that the most important cultural irritant of the moment was the rise of visible ASL interpreters at press conferences and public events.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
The platform has itself been called a cesspool, rife with hateful rhetoric and falsehoods.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2025
Let’s state the fact not often discussed: Facebook is a cesspool of misinformation, child trafficking, and violent crime.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Axios, 10 Jan. 2025
A couple of weeks back, apropos of nothing, a small cadre in the cesspool formerly known as Twitter decided that the most important cultural irritant of the moment was the rise of visible ASL interpreters at press conferences and public events.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
The platform has itself been called a cesspool, rife with hateful rhetoric and falsehoods.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2025
Let’s state the fact not often discussed: Facebook is a cesspool of misinformation, child trafficking, and violent crime.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Cesspool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cesspool. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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