mothballed
Example Sentences
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When the Toreros needed cold-weather clothing for a game at Dayton, Harbaugh cajoled the Chargers, where he spent part of his playing career, into donating some of their mothballed gear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Other mothballed projects include a quarter-mile-tall, cube-shaped building big enough to hold 25 Empire State Buildings, the Journal previously reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
Fountainhall Primary was mothballed - shut on a temporary basis - in 2025 but now the local authority is looking to begin the process to close its doors permanently.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
Taiwan is already “looking at restarting mothballed coal plants,” Knutson says.
From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026
The sweet, slightly chemical scent of gun oil; the raw wood of newly constructed shell crates; the mothballed odor of old bedspreads—he’s in the hotel.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
