as in poisoning
to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable
outmoded factories polluting the air
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Recent Examples of polluting
In the industrial revolution, emissions from factories and eventually cars began polluting our air, trapping atmospheric gases and warming our planet, pushing temperatures to dangerous levels.
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Brandon Goldner, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Currently, no local laws impose carbon taxes on polluting businesses.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
The area benefits from weather systems, a high concentration of forest land that filters the air, a good distance from polluting industries and a population of only about 33,000, so there are not as many cars on the road.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
Despite the low grades, the city and county weren’t named in Wednesday’s report as among America’s worst polluting cities and counties.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2026
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Brandon Goldner, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Currently, no local laws impose carbon taxes on polluting businesses.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
The area benefits from weather systems, a high concentration of forest land that filters the air, a good distance from polluting industries and a population of only about 33,000, so there are not as many cars on the road.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
Despite the low grades, the city and county weren’t named in Wednesday’s report as among America’s worst polluting cities and counties.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polluting
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Kouri Richins, a Utah woman convicted of fatally poisoning her husband with fentanyl, is set to be sentenced for murder on Wednesday.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
13 May 2026
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One of the charges against Richins is connected to that incident after prosecutors accused her of poisoning his sandwich in an attempt to kill him.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
13 May 2026
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For every grousing old-timer who felt that Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman was contaminating the genre came another who expressed sheer joy that such a show even existed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Over the years, villagers in Roko-Roko held demonstrations, accusing the mining company of clearing community farmland and contaminating a local spring.—
NPR,
NPR,
7 May 2026
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At a time of intensifying divisions at home, a depiction of Ecuador could offer an Edenic, new-world landscape free from the partisanship tainting Church’s New England landscapes.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Now, streaming is tainting the postseason.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Polluting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polluting. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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