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scrap heap



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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

This is another that belongs on the scrap heap.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2025

"We will not stand back and allow our livelihoods, our communities and the UK's steelmaking capacity to be thrown on the scrap heap."

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2024

This scrap heap of hulking male humanity landed perhaps seven feet away from me, and I wasn't in danger of being plowed over myself, as sideline photographers sometimes are.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2023

Next problem: finding uses for all the animal parts that were ending up on the scrap heap.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield




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