noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
dumping ground
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Rivers have always been a dumping ground for man’s unwanted waste.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
nuclear
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Meanwhile, the Scandinavian countries are bearing an alternate proposal to begin a moratorium on nuclear dumping no later than 1990.
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Davis has earned a reputation as an outspoken opponent of any kind of nuclear waste dumping at sea.
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Now nuclear waste dumping at sea has been stopped.
waste
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There had been the protests about waste dumping , and the steady leaking of Windscale/Sellafield.
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Davis has earned a reputation as an outspoken opponent of any kind of nuclear waste dumping at sea.
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Now nuclear waste dumping at sea has been stopped.
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Overfishing by foreign vessels and toxic waste dumping were also major causes for concern at their annual summit.
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Greenpeace's six month investigation revealed 64 plans for waste dumping operations involving 62 foreign firms in 13 countries.
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In effect, it would end the practise of disposing of waste by dumping it.
■ NOUN
ground
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Or a dumping ground , whichever way you chose to look at it.
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We have acquired a reputation as the dumping ground with lightning speed.
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Read in studio Prison officers at a new jail say it's becoming a dumping ground for unruly inmates.
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In the dusk it looked like a dumping ground for old Toblerone packets.
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The city's canals are used as a dumping ground for a range of toxic pollutants.
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Britain has defended its right to use the North Sea as a dumping ground .
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And he refuted claims that Bullingdon is becoming a dumping ground for troublemakers.
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By the fifteenth century they seem to have become dumping grounds for unwanted, unmarriageable or troublesome genteel ladies of little fortune.
■ VERB
become
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Read in studio Prison officers at a new jail say it's becoming a dumping ground for unruly inmates.
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And he refuted claims that Bullingdon is becoming a dumping ground for troublemakers.
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By the fifteenth century they seem to have become dumping grounds for unwanted, unmarriageable or troublesome genteel ladies of little fortune.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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The agreement included the arrangement that a local resident should supervise and inspect all dumping operations.
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These results took no account of illegal dumping .
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Yet, Greene is emphatic that if there is any illegal dumping , it is negligible.