junkyard
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Responses on social media to the launch have ranged from describing it as "straight to the junkyard trash" to an "absolute masterclass in design".
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
A farmer who owned a Model T didn’t need a forge or metal lathe to fix his engine; he could simply order a replacement part—or cannibalize one from a wrecked car in a junkyard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Los Angeles police and officials from several other government agencies Wednesday entered a Sun Valley property that a hoarder has turned into an unlicensed junkyard clogged with rusted vehicles and hazardous waste.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 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
I brought out the little god figurine Bianca had found in the junkyard.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
The series, which premieres on Prime Video on May 20, is set amid junkyards and repair shops, gangs and high school cliques.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
At some point, Purdy said, he saw a future where there are propellant depots in space, tugs that can move damaged satellites, junkyards and manufacturing in space on commercial space stations.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023
Autonomous vehicles that are not worth repossessing could be made to drive themselves to junkyards.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
Mostly rural communities, a few junkyards and a handful of developing neighbourhoods in this part of San Antonio make it easy for a truck this size to go unnoticed - until it doesn't.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2022
A group of men burst from one of the junkyards and ran across the border.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
