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boneyard

[bohn-yahrd] / ˈboʊnˌjɑrd /


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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

Perhaps to Teruel, or perhaps to the boneyard in California’s Mojave desert, where they will be warmer and drier, and where they can wait to find out if they will be needed again.

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

As it happens, the stock market boneyard, or at least its ICU, is littered with such stocks.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 31, 2020

I had better odds for survival in the boneyard, he thought.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer




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