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Two loading docks that previously housed trash dumpsters for the older building have been reclaimed as a visualization lab and a robotics lab.
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Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Impoverished families scavenged for food in dumpsters and burned furniture for heat.
—John P. Murphy, ARTnews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
The Cavaliers have the easiest remaining schedule in all of basketball, with two matchups against the Hawks, one game apiece against the tanking Indiana Pacers and Memphis Grizzlies, and a season finale against the dumpster-fire Washington Wizards on the slate.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
In addition to the structure, the fire department had to put out several spot fires downwind that sparked in a dumpster and in nearby grass.
—Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
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Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Impoverished families scavenged for food in dumpsters and burned furniture for heat.
—John P. Murphy, ARTnews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
The Cavaliers have the easiest remaining schedule in all of basketball, with two matchups against the Hawks, one game apiece against the tanking Indiana Pacers and Memphis Grizzlies, and a season finale against the dumpster-fire Washington Wizards on the slate.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
In addition to the structure, the fire department had to put out several spot fires downwind that sparked in a dumpster and in nearby grass.
—Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Dumpster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dumpster. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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