as in garbage
discarded or useless material
a pile of offal from the tannery operating in the neighborhood
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Recent Examples of offal
Is her dead cat gonna get thrown into the offal pile?
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Alice Burton, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2025
The Scottish hippo born earlier this year is named after a famously divisive dish made with offal.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
In the thick atmosphere, stray dogs fight with seabirds for scraps of offal and urinate against the barrels of blood and salt water where waiting fish float.
—Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 14 Dec. 2024
Of all the offal, this one's perhaps the easiest to stomach (apologies for the awful pun).
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 16 May 2024
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The organization also sampled 25 different polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, organic compounds that form when oil, wood or garbage burns.—
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Town Councilman Tim Clayton said the new fee, which will be charged to residential customers, will be effective April 1 and is part of a contractual agreement with Republic Services, the town’s garbage/recycling carrier.—
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Winds can be powerful enough to jostle cars, topple power lines and litter debris on the ground.—
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In neighboring Arkansas, a tornado near Blytheville lofted debris at least 25,000 feet high, according to weather service meteorologist Chelly Amin.—
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That beat the alternative of having people walk up and down the trails with heavy bags of trash, said Steve Lozano, deputy chief of the Fire-Rescue Department.—
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Videos of the scene show the parking lot riddled with massive piles of trash and one of the campers engulfed in flames.—
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The site was first excavated beginning in 1995, and in 2018, scientists began collecting, analyzing and radiocarbon dating fossils unearthed from El Gigante rubbish piles.—
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Last year, a dumpster diver in Hudson, New York, stumbled upon an extraordinary find: An 18th-century pen-and-ink sketch by English portraitist George Romney was hidden amid the rubbish.—
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There’s a surprising amount of debris still visible along the road, in yards, under decks, against fences and up in trees, but also a river full of massive amounts of unseen junk, some of which residents fear could pose serious hazards — say, to a falling water-skier.—
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This comes as Fitch Ratings on Wednesday downgraded the Japanese automaker’s credit rating to BBB- from BB+, which also means junk status. —Lee Ying Shan 23 Hours Ago S&P 500 closes slightly above the flatline The S&P 500 closed Wednesday’s trading session barely in the green.—
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As Portage residents get accustomed to a big jump in their sewer bills, the City Council is preparing to make sure developers pay more for their impact on the sewage treatment infrastructure.—
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The violation says some 50 gallons of raw sewage in total pumped into the water.—
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Either the kids get discovered now or their dreams may turn to dust.—
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Exposure to silica dust can cause severe lung disease.—
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“Offal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offal. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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