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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Trump’s political presence has elucidated mainstream hip-hop’s decay into a cesspool of violent, ignorant, bigoted patriarchy.
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Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024
Hee, who campaigned on addressing issues like farming, sea level rise and cesspools, was defeated by Shafer, a community advocate known for his opposition to the contentious Turtle Bay Resort expansion.
—Jeremy Yurow, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024
Our city is a cesspool of humanity, a place of deceit, plots, and vice of every imaginable kind.
—Quintus Tullius Cicero, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2012
Large-capacity cesspools — which serve 20 or more people per day — release untreated sewage, which can contaminate underground sources of drinking water with pathogens, according to the EPA.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2024
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Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024
Hee, who campaigned on addressing issues like farming, sea level rise and cesspools, was defeated by Shafer, a community advocate known for his opposition to the contentious Turtle Bay Resort expansion.
—Jeremy Yurow, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024
Our city is a cesspool of humanity, a place of deceit, plots, and vice of every imaginable kind.
—Quintus Tullius Cicero, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2012
Large-capacity cesspools — which serve 20 or more people per day — release untreated sewage, which can contaminate underground sources of drinking water with pathogens, according to the EPA.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2024
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“Cesspool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cesspool. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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