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Rather than making it to the sales floor, damaged and dirty items usually end up in a dumpster.
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2026
Which could all officially doom their season, with their Champions League title hopes in the dumpster and top-three hopes on fire — and not in the good way.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
According to the village website, garbage spilling out of dumpsters, not picking up pet waste, spilling birdseed from bird feeders, open compost bins, throwing food on the ground for birds, cats and other animals, and dumpsters and garbage containers in disrepair can be food sources for rats.
—Jessi Virtusio, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
Thousands of protesters met in front of City Hall in the afternoon, before many marched to the federal detention center, where a mob of violent agitators swarmed the area, pushing a large construction dumpster and blocking the entrance to the building's loading dock.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2026
Which could all officially doom their season, with their Champions League title hopes in the dumpster and top-three hopes on fire — and not in the good way.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
According to the village website, garbage spilling out of dumpsters, not picking up pet waste, spilling birdseed from bird feeders, open compost bins, throwing food on the ground for birds, cats and other animals, and dumpsters and garbage containers in disrepair can be food sources for rats.
—Jessi Virtusio, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
Thousands of protesters met in front of City Hall in the afternoon, before many marched to the federal detention center, where a mob of violent agitators swarmed the area, pushing a large construction dumpster and blocking the entrance to the building's loading dock.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
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“Dumpster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dumpster. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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