salvage
Example Sentences
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The salvage operation was "a huge technical challenge" and the fact it was managed within a week was "pretty good going", he claimed.
From BBC
As the front-runner in four more events, the cheese-powered human rocket from Wisconsin could salvage these Games for the U.S. by single-handedly winning as many golds as the rest of the nation.
However the data was salvaged, the fact remains: Google and other security-camera makers such as Arlo and Ring have access to your videos—sometimes after you don’t.
“Destitute of all comfort and company,” he salvages what he can from the wreckage.
At Selah, he made a point of showing visitors that his fences were made of old telephone poles, salvaged cable and eye bolts bought secondhand in bulk for 5 cents a pound.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
