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Discover LudwigThe phrase "be polluted" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to describe anything that has been contaminated or made dirty, such as water or air. For example: "The river was polluted with chemicals from a nearby factory."
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be polluted
verb
To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.
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Her association with pollution mainly streams from her relation to outcaste communities, considered to be polluted in Hindu society.
Some can be polluted and alive, others spotless and sterile.
Our streets, waterways and public parks would be polluted.
"The spectrum is a natural resource that can be polluted," Mr. Hatfield said.
He does that, he says, because he doesn't want his style to be polluted by others'.
Space itself could be polluted for decades to come, rendered unusable.
Ground sources may be polluted and a lack of clean water may lead to cholera, dysentery and dehydration.
But, she added, "I wouldn't be concerned that your infant will be polluted by watching Jenny Jones over your shoulder".
Some of the diverted waters may also be polluted by the time they reach the north, experts say.
"But in this day and age, even the career of someone as estimable as Stanley can be polluted by the jealousy of lesser minds.
Throughout antiquity, available water was likely to be polluted with cholera and other dangerous microbes, and the tavern may well have been the safest watering hole in town.
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