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cesspool

[ses-pool] / ˈsɛsˌpul /
NOUN
pit
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“These last two years have been just a cesspool of coercion.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

“I was telling my girlfriend on the way here, it’s like swimming in a cesspool of trauma,” he told USA Today, mentioning a partner who has not been identified.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026

It was into the post-noughties misogynist cesspool that the early feminist blogosphere was born, and initially, it was fun and freewheeling.

From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2026

Some people, however, go as far as creating burner accounts just for shopping to keep the cesspool of targeted ads separate from their main profiles where they interact with family and friends.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2025

Consequently, the alleyways became a stinking cesspool, swarming with flies the size of rats, and rats the size of cats.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane


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