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
He fondly remembers “every rec center function playing, live board recordings on CD-Rs of backyard and junkyard bands.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2025
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
When Peaches heard about Big Joe’s plans she was madder than a junkyard dog with fleas.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
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
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
“The people of failed Toledo can say to the people of the rest of the world, ‘Our junkyards are more splendid than your palaces.’”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 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
