scrap heap

Example Sentences

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Among the items destined for the scrap heap is the gantry, which once sheltered Soyuz rockets from the tropical weather.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Police are warning that more illegal and modified e-bikes will be seized in the coming months and say they will end up on the scrap heap.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2025

It’s been months since Broomhilda went to the scrap heap and I’m still car shopping.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2024

The trademarked seal now appears on Mondelez's air-dried vegetable crisps and some of Danone's yogurt, assuring buyers that the zucchini and lemons inside the package have been saved from the scrap heap.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2022

I knew I should be drunk with gratitude that I, an ignorant girl who’d crawled out of a scrap heap, should be allowed to study there, but I couldn’t summon the fervor.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover