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salvage

[sal-vij] / ˈsæl vɪdʒ /


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When Hurts dropped back to pass on third down, attempting to salvage the game, he was stripped by linebacker Byron Young, who tallied 2.5 sacks in the game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Their experiments showed that MDS stem cells depend strongly on the NAD salvage pathway, a recycling process that helps cells maintain their supply of NAD.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

It would be odd for Harbaugh to publicly admit to anything else at this point, especially because he’s not in a good position to do much else to salvage the season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

She did not want to go to a shelter as she worked to clean up and salvage her belongings.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

But there was a way for Gaines to salvage the season.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

“Destitute of all comfort and company,” he salvages what he can from the wreckage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026

A surgeon barely salvages the sight in my left eye, but my right eye can’t be saved.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024

Baltimore’s Recreation and Parks Department salvages wood from city trees and redirects it to Camp Small, a city-run processing facility, where it’s used in city construction or sold to residents.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2022

Holland eventually chooses to use his power for Good, and not for Evil, and in doing so salvages the sacrosanct purity and moral reputation of Marvel superheroes.

From Salon ● May 5, 2022

He charms the druggist’s wife into giving him a broken earphone; he salvages a solenoid from a discarded doorbell, solders it to a resistor, and makes a loudspeaker.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

The Spanish “REC”—purportedly forged out of the salvaged recordings of a news crew lost in a plague-zombie apartment building—was genuinely thrilling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Her home of salvaged wood was still standing after the storm but the tin roofs had been blown off the kitchen and bedroom.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

The good news is that when new ownership takes over of organizations, companies and properties, they can often be salvaged.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

At the time, campaigns were a sideline for Reilly, who supported himself selling doodads and other salvaged wares in a movable flea market he operated on Fisherman’s Wharf.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

Over the next four years, the Deanes salvaged a number of the ship’s bronze cannons and recovered many other artifacts.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

Herman had begun salvaging parts before he even built the house, storing them in his studio loft in downtown L.A. until the time was right.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Mediators tasked with salvaging the struggling initiative requested ten more days to deliver their conclusions, the French government said this week after reports suggesting the effort had failed to bear fruit.

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

"Their aim has to be salvaging the season by qualifying for the Champions League with a top-four or perhaps top-five finish - but that's a big drop-off from what we saw last season," added Shearer.

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026

Mark Joseph Stern: I think anyone who cares about salvaging American democracy needs to be asking those exact questions.

From Slate ● Dec. 26, 2025

The unstinting efforts of this office in persuading Muggles that all photographic evidence of the Loch Ness kelpie is fake have gone some way to salvaging a situation that at one time looked exceedingly dangerous.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling




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