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scrap

[skrap] / skræp /






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Scrap aluminum can help, but that won’t be enough.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

On a July day in 2021 that would become blazing hot, dozens of community volunteers gathered before sunrise at the Scrap Exchange, a reuse center for art materials in Durham, N.C.

From Scientific American • Sep. 24, 2023

Scrap training, and let’s go to the game.’”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2023

Scrap metal recyclers and junk dealers will have to document how they are buying catalytic converters and from whom, as a way to ensure they’re doing business only with owners and qualified sellers.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2022

We were around the table—me, Mom, Q.P. in his chair, Mama Sweetie, Scrap, James, and little Raymond in his bassinet.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose




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