How to Use asbestos in a Sentence

asbestos

noun
  • The firm has about two-thirds of the asbestos cases pending in the court.
    Justin Fenton, baltimoresun.com, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Four schools have had to close due to asbestos so far this year.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The floors had asbestos in them and needed to be replaced.
    Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Last spring, the EPA proposed a ban on chrysotile, or white asbestos, the most common type.
    Kathleen McGrory, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The town was built up around the massive Jeffrey Mine, once the largest opencast chrysotile asbestos mine in the world.
    Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2020
  • For an older home, there of course could be things like asbestos within the home.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Lead paint peels from walls marked with warnings of asbestos.
    Author: Richard Read, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Aug. 2019
  • At issue is whether the talc contained trace amounts of asbestos.
    Erika D. Smith Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2021
  • Dozens of asbestos companies have done so since the 1980s.
    Geoff Mulvihill, The Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2019
  • Talc had a bad spell for a while there, because some supplies found traces of asbestos.
    Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 31 May 2023
  • Some videos, for instance, show a ceiling with asbestos and puddles in the road.
    Lindsay Ellis, WSJ, 20 May 2022
  • Lung cancer has also been linked to all forms of asbestos.
    Li Cohen, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • So an inspector arrived and the good news is that there was no sign of asbestos.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2019
  • Not to mention the toxic stew of asbestos, lead, lithium, and who knows what else that had burned and settled in the air and soil.
    Josh Eells, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
  • It was condemned in 2019 for asbestos and mold, and residents were forced to leave.
    Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
  • But even there, the community had to sue the Air Force when asbestos was discovered in the soil.
    Ralph Vartabedian, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Olin’s letter marks a turning point in the battle over asbestos in the United States.
    Kathleen McGrory, ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The local employer was an asbestos mine, above the lake.
    Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Most of these places have not been renovated, and many are filled with lead paint and asbestos.
    Kim Velsey, Curbed, 29 July 2021
  • The new rule would ban chrysotile asbestos, the only ongoing use of asbestos in the United States.
    Matthew Daly, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024
  • As the fire burned, residents feared that ash and debris from the World War II-era hangar contained asbestos.
    Roberto Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Roofs leak and ceiling tiles, made with asbestos, fall during rains.
    Gina Ferazzi, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2022
  • The question of whether J&J’s talc powder contains asbestos flared up again last fall.
    Peter Loftus, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Tort claims spiked in the 1980s, driven in part by damages filed by workers exposed to asbestos.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 25 Dec. 2022
  • The third wild card is a parasite that feeds off your gray matter and replaces it with asbestos.
    Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 24 July 2024
  • Water leaks have caused the campus to cancel labs and tape down warped floor tiles that rise and expose asbestos.
    Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Among other things, the memo said the city didn’t look into disclosures about asbestos in the building.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Dirt filled with traces of lead paint and asbestos that would need to be excavated for a new basement.
    Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2024
  • Testing will see if there’s any lead or asbestos in the soil, dust and interior air of homes.
    Michael Slaten, Orange County Register, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Harmful materials like lead, mercury, arsenic and asbestos can be hidden under heavy debris or mixed into ash and soil.
    Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 2 Feb. 2025

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