Thesaurus results for CESSPOOLS

cesspools

noun

plural of cesspool

as in sinks

a place of great vice and corruption over the decades the once-respectable neighborhood had become an urban cesspool

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Recent Examples of cesspools In Levittown, the cost-cutting builders at first hadn’t even bothered with tanks and had installed cesspools instead—three decades later, the suburb’s sewer system was still under construction. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 Gobler says the culprit is our area's warming waters and too much nitrogen, mostly from underground aging and leaking cesspools. — Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026 These improvements amount to little more than empty symbolic gestures when our parks immediately revert to looking like cesspools. — Rafael Perez, Daily News, 16 Jan. 2026

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sinks

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As one of the most effective natural sinks for carbon, peatlands could accelerate climate change if disturbed.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Toilets and sinks did not appear to be working and 2-liter bottles filled with urine were all over the house, Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah said.

— David K. Li, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026

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