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as in to leave
to end a usually intimate relationship with
all of her friends were surprised at how she just dumped him
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as in to unload
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
dump the trash on the curb and go back inside
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as in landfill
a place where discarded materials (as trash) are dumped
all of the used packaging eventually ends up in the dump
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as in warehouse
a place where military arms are stored
a daring raid on the ammunition dump
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as in mess
a dirty or messy place
his place is always a dump, so he almost never has people over
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Recent Examples of dump
Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
Right after a touchback, Will Howard dumped a pass off to TreVeyon Henderson, who got some blocks up front and scampered 75 yards to the house, giving the Buckeyes a 14-7 lead into the locker room.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 11 Jan. 2025
Bob Shaw, Twin Cities, 6 June 2017
The latter came after Sandburg setter Connor Kelly put the Eagles on top with a dump and a block on consecutive plays.
—Logan Malloy, Daily Southtown, 30 May 2017
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Then, as the ferocious winds began to die down on Wednesday, firefighters were once again able to take to the air, scooping up water from the ocean and reservoirs and dumping it on the fires.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
Right after a touchback, Will Howard dumped a pass off to TreVeyon Henderson, who got some blocks up front and scampered 75 yards to the house, giving the Buckeyes a 14-7 lead into the locker room.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 11 Jan. 2025
Noun
The chemicals apparently had leached into the water from waste dumps, where the company disposed of the chemicals, ending in the 1970s.
—Bob Shaw, Twin Cities, 6 June 2017
The latter came after Sandburg setter Connor Kelly put the Eagles on top with a dump and a block on consecutive plays.
—Logan Malloy, Daily Southtown, 30 May 2017
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That leaves a hole on the Bombers' infield that had mostly been occupied since 2018.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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The company is preparing to test several subscription products, and has left the door open to testing some ads, too, in a way that would keep users in control.Emily Baker-White, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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That might not sound uncommon, but Bucs fans have seen a quarterback who would rather unload a ball in a hurry than risk being tackled by a blitzing linebacker.John Romano, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025
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McAfee unloaded on Colts players, coaches and culture.Mike Sando, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Even a small repair can keep an appliance, piece of furniture or other item out of the landfill while also helping someone on a tight budget.Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
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The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission approved a permit March 17, 2023, for a 12-acre expansion of the landfill in Tontitown owned by WM Inc. for its Class IV landfill space.Tom Sissom, arkansasonline.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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Data ingestion tools, cloud data warehouses, identity resolution solutions, etc. 5.Chris O'Neill, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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According to a confidential informant, Wedding and a partner were cultivating 8,000 marijuana plants in a warehouse on a property there owned by one of his friends.Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
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Over the last month, the Rangers have been a mess at five-on-five — more than usual — and have had a bafflingly bad power play.Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Though the storm largely subsided by Tuesday morning, another weather system forecast is expected to spread a wintry mess from Texas to the East Coast later this week, which means people likely won't be able to put down the shovels anytime soon.Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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Some will give you immediate satisfaction (such as ditching paper and going digital), while others will pay off over time (like focusing on decluttering one space at a time).Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, Johnson enters the new year trying to ditch the missteps and the controversies that have left his political standing in the dust.Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
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The first-stage booster that had been tapped during the original attempts was discarded for a new booster.Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2025
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That’s $57 billion in gold and other components irresponsibly discarded.David Joosten, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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But the path down memory lane is twisted, and while trying to debunk the many laudatory myths that have grown up around him, Fife’s deteriorating mind just ends up creating more, a contradiction that Schrader conveys with a whole armory of experimental visual flourishes.Damon Wise, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2024
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Ultimately whether these relationships become a weapon in your professional armory or an Achilles heel comes down to knowing your professional and personal roles, Dr Jones added, and not letting the two conflict.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2024
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“Dump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dump. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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