salvaged

Example Sentences

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Not that the script could have been salvaged by better acting.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Already well out of contention at Oakmont, a final-day 67 salvaged a top-20 finish and only then did McIlroy open up to a trusted group of familiar journalists.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

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 The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

The visitors showed plenty of fight as Raul Jimenez's penalty halved the deficit five minutes from time before Kevin's spectacular strike looked to have salvaged a point.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

I had my own surround-sound system built with old car speakers I’d salvaged from the junkers Abel kept in the yard, and I strung them up around the room.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah