discard

"To understand one day that you think you're important to somebody, and then all of a sudden you're not. They discard you like a piece of garbage."

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

That’s fine if the move is methodical, not fine if a health crisis turns it into a fire drill, forcing quick and painful decisions on what treasures to discard without a proper farewell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

He said they must arrive at their verdict based "solely on the evidence you have seen and heard in this court" and to discard any rumours or speculation they may have heard outside the court.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

It was a strange sight in Los Angeles, seeing stadium workers asking attendees to discard flags in an effort to censor the expression of people here.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

“That’s fine, Sean. You are, of course, free to leave. If any of the rest of you do not wish to stay and play, kindly deposit your library cards in the discard pile.”

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

They agree to meet again, but Kip completely discards his Western life.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026

Back in the diamond belt of Sierra Leone, Daniel discards another sieve-load of gravel.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

This measurement, which has critics and fans, discards the categories with the most extreme inflation readings on both the high and low ends.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

Making matters worse, Robert soon falls for Lady Brett and later leans on Jake for emotional support when she ultimately discards him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

Everything I had written was squeezed between Dostoyevsky's great lines, as if my words were his discards.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos

Joe Swanberg’s “The Sun Never Sets” is a reminder that discarded partners also have movie-worthy drama — too much of it for the couple, perhaps, but plenty for our amusement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Stepping over a pile of discarded Nerf guns, we pass through a gate into a secret walled garden.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

"It's very unique. Typically, we find things that were broken and discarded," said Gifford Waters, collections manager for historical archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026

Decades after Einstein had discarded the idea, his supposed mistake returned as the leading explanation for the new data.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026

Upright, he reached for his discarded hat, which lay at his feet.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

I generally prefer, as a strategic matter, an elevation of shared values—inclusive, connective, moral language such as reclaiming, rather than reinventing or discarding.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

AFP reporters saw hundreds of people -- men, women and children -- entering Ceuta, discarding flotation rings and clothes used in their crossing.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

For salad lovers, experts recommend buying whole heads of lettuce and removing and discarding the outer couple of layers of leaves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

All have moved on since then, while another chunky collection of caps has been lost through the discarding of Jack Leach, Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

The farmers most knowledgeable about eastern U.S. domesticates, the region’s Native Americans themselves, passed judgment on them by discarding or deemphasizing them when the Mexican trinity arrived.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond