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
"It's absolutely infuriating that a treatable condition like this is ignored and that women are put on the scrap heap," said Lipoedema UK's head of research Dr Lesley Steinitz.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 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
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
He turned, still running, and headed for the scrap heap.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
