dumped

past tense of dump

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dumped The fact that Amazon dumped the movie because of its alleged connection to OpenAI? — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026 After Verity is killed and dumped in the lake near their home, Lowen and Jeremy seemingly continue on with a life together. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026 Michael Conforto dumped a full beer down the back of an unsuspecting Carson Kelly while across the room Shota Imanaga threw his head back, opened his arms and let out a yell as assistant hitting coach Juan Cabreja uncorked the champagne. — Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026 Coal combustion leaves behind fly ash, a fine mineral residue that companies dumped in landfills or stored in enormous ash ponds. — Edward D. Melillo, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026 The company lost close to $1 billion in market value as investors dumped its shares. — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 Any oakiness is put there with chips dumped into steel vats and left to soak. — Peter Hahn, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026 The nor'easter dumped more than 7 inches of rain on the town and wind gusts reached nearly 60 mph in the area. — Neal Riley, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 Williams didn’t begin by studying big, obvious rejections like getting dumped by your romantic partner. — George Loewenstein, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dumped
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Pitt ditched his signature whimsical style for a classic black suit moment.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The Boston Globe’s story about what happened when a lesbian bar in western Massachusetts ditched its mask mandate is worth the price of a subscription.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Responses with the error were discarded, as were voters who had already been attempted, and quotas were reset.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Technologies, markets, laws and cultural assumptions all determine what is discarded, what is kept and why.
    — Edward D. Melillo, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Kahn’s heirs unloaded the place in 1939, a few years after his death, and it was chopped up over the years to serve as retirement housing for city workers, a military training compound, and a boarding school, per Forbes.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 25 Sep. 2026
  • No one exhaled until the cargo was unloaded, unswaddled, and confirmed to be in one piece.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The neighborhood/area The fishing village of Conca dei Marini remains a lovely reminder of what this whole coast was once like—sleepy, charming, lost in time.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • In the latest case, a 15-year-old boy lost a hand Monday in an incident involving a police stun grenade.
    — NICOLAS GARRIGA, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026

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“Dumped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumped. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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