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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The sinks are no longer tucked away on the side of the floor but rather in the middle for easier access to explore new fragrances, Page said.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2026
From items being stored in handwashing sinks to employees not knowing how to prevent foodborne diseases, health inspectors in Missouri and Kansas found numerous violations at Kansas City-area restaurants last week.

— Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026

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