boneyard
Example Sentences
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He is talking about Wrap Distribution in Oxfordshire - a 100,000 square foot destination for Da Vinci Codes, a true boneyard for best sellers.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2023
Two years of extreme drought have turned large stretches of northern Mexico into a boneyard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2021
When an airline no longer wants a plane, it is sent away to a boneyard, a storage facility where it sits outdoors on a paved lot, wingtip to wingtip with other unwanted planes.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 29, 2020
“A common sight on many a summer evening in 1940 was a long string of orange cars being hauled to the boneyard in Georgetown,” recalled streetcar historian Leslie Blanchard.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2020
I had better odds for survival in the boneyard, he thought.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
