junkyard
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There are creaky sections with various bits of percussion and tapped string overtones conveying an otherworldly Harry Partch-like texture, the sort of junkyard orchestra that inspired Tom Waits in the 1980s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
He recently purchased land in Hesperia after neighbors complained to the city about him using his Apple Valley home as a junkyard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024
Eliot, unfolding as a dance-heavy, revue-like show about cats gathering in a junkyard for their annual Jellicle Ball, has been seen as strange at best, and kitsch at worst.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024
Soon after, she was attending a national conference of state legislators and decided to tag along on a junkyard tour.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
The next morning, after Dad left for the junkyard, I told Mother one of my fake stories about BYU needing her tax returns.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
When Romero arrived at one of these desert junkyards, she says she couldn’t believe her eyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024
He writes other issues the government has not dealt with include the court backlog, fraud against older people, and fly-tipping - which has turned "neighbourhoods into junkyards".
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2023
Autonomous vehicles that are not worth repossessing could be made to drive themselves to junkyards.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
Hand, 68, worked most of his life as an auto mechanic — a skill he learned in his father’s junkyards near Detroit and Little Rock, Arkansas.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2022
City clutter had fallen behind and now there was country clutter, junkyards, a trailer park, billboards advertising dog food and faraway hotels.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
